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Moreover, these associations appear "markedly stronger among women than among men," Dr. G. David Batty, from the University of Glasgow in Scotland, and colleagues report in the American Journal of Public health.wow gold,
 
However, "given that these findings ran counter to our expectations," the investigators call for further examination of this relationship
 
Batty's team assessed associations between mental ability scores obtained when 8,170 boys and girls were 10 years old and their alcohol intake and alcohol problems when they were about 30 years old.buy WoW Gold
 
Of the 3,895 men and 4,148 women who reported drinking alcohol as adults, those with higher average scores on childhood mental ability tests were also more likely to have indications of alcohol problems in adulthood.Cheap WoW Gold,
 
The association between higher mental ability in childhood and adulthood problem drinking became stronger among women than among men after allowing for socioeconomic factors such as social class during both childhood and adulthood.Cheap WoW Gold
 
Specifically, for every 15-point increase in childhood mental ability score, the likelihood of drinking problems increased 1.38 times for women,wow power level and 1.17 times for men
 
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