Table 1.

Main demographic characteristics of the study population.

	ALD	AUD without Liver Disease	Healthy Controls
	N = 83	N = 105	N = 88	p a	p b	p c
Age, mean (SD)	49.7 (11.3)	43.3 (10.6)	48.5 (16.1)	<0.0005	0.921	0.031
Men, n (%)	61 (73.5)	90 (85.7)	52 (59.1)	0.036	0.047	<0.0005
Women, n (%)	22 (26.5)	15 (14.3)	36 (40.9)
Ethanol consumption, g/week, mean (SD)	680 (650)	950 (622)	3.0 (8.3)		<0.0005	<0.0005

^a ALD vs. AUD without liver disease, ^b ALD vs. controls, ^c AUD without liver disease vs. controls.