Table 5.
Patient demographics based on alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Factor |
Abstinent n=161 (%) |
Active EtOH Intake n=224 (%) |
Increased EtOH Intake n=64 (%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (mean, SD) | 56.63 (9.94) | 51.20 (11.28) | 50.72 (10.40) | <0.001 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 110 (68.3) | 161 (71.9) | 40 (62.5) | |
| Female | 51 (31.7) | 63 (28.1) | 24 (37.5) | |
| Race | 0.041 | |||
| White | 131 (82.4) | 173 (77.6) | 48 (76.2) | |
| African American | 19 (11.9) | 45 (20.2) | 12 (19.0) | |
| Other | 9 (5.7) | 5 (2.2) | 3 (4.8) | |
| Marital Status | 0.09 | |||
| Married | 49 (30.4) | 57 (25.4) | 14 (21.9) | |
| Separated | 4 (2.5) | 8 (3.6) | 3 (4.7) | |
| Widowed | 10 (6.2) | 3 (1.3) | 3 (4.7) | |
| Divorced | 35 (21.7) | 39 (17.4) | 11 (17.2) | |
| Single | 63 (39.1) | 117 (52.2) | 33 (51.6) | |
| Employment Status | 0.02 | |||
| Employed | 25 (15.6) | 50 (22.4) | 15 (23.8) | |
| Disabled | 52 (32.5) | 55 (24.7) | 11 (17.5) | |
| Retired | 30 (18.8) | 23 (10.3) | 6 (9.5) | |
| Self-Employed | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Unemployed | 53 (33.1) | 93 (41.7) | 31 (49.2) |
1: Generalized Fisher's Test for three group comparison.
Abbreviations: Standard Deviation-SD.