Research Article

Synergistic Effects of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 Polymorphisms and Alcohol Consumption on Cognitive Impairment after Ischemic Stroke in Han Chinese

Table 3

Comparison of alcohol consumption between the cognitive impairment and nonimpairment groups according to two different Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) cutoff scores.

Alcohol consumptionMethod 1Method 2
ImpairmentNonimpairmentImpairmentNonimpairment

Nondrinkers21 (13.4%)10 (43.5%)12 (9.9%)19 (32.2%)
Light drinkers24 (15.3%)4 (17.4%)18 (14.9%)10 (16.9%)
Moderate drinkers52 (33.1%)8 (34.8%)44 (36.4%)16 (27.1%)
Excessive drinkers60 (38.2%)1 (4.3%)47 (38.8%)14 (23.7%)
Chi square17.41915.238
value0.0010.002

Method 1: MoCA cutoff score of 26. Method 2: MoCA cutoff score of 23.