Table 4.

Gender differences in remission by the duration of participation in treatment and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), controlling for ethnicity, income, baseline dependence symptoms and lifetime drinking problems (women, n = 232; men, n = 229).

Part A – Duration of treatment
					F values
Outcome (% patients)	None	1–8 weeks	9–26 weeks	27+ weeks	Tx	Gender	Tx by gender
Remission (by treatment in year 1)					7.02**	4.63*	<1
Women	39.8b	38.2c	47.4	62.8b,c
Men	28.0b	30.9c	30.0	59.1b,c
Stable remission (by treatment in years 1–8)					1.13	4.82*	2.05
Women	41.8	29.0	51.4	44.2
Men	27.4	33.3	26.5	44.3

Part B – Duration of Alcoholic Anonymous (AA)
					F values
Outcome (% patients)	None	1–8 weeks	9–26 weeks	27+ weeks	AA	Gender	AA by gender
Note: Means that share the same superscript differ significantly (P<0.05).
a, b Differences between the no treatment or no AA group and the 9–26 weeks and 27+ weeks duration of treatment or AA groups, respectively
c Difference between the group that received 1–8 weeks of treatment or AA and the group that received 27+ weeks of treatment or AA.
*P<0.05; **P<0.01
Remission (by AA in year 1)					13.15**	4.19*	<1
Women	37.0b	25.0c	52.1	65.1b,c
Men	25.2a,b	15.4c	50.0a	53.9b,c
Stable remission (by AA in years 1–8)					10.96**	4.35*	3.52*
Women	28.0b	29.8c	39.5	86.7b,c
Men	32.4	29.2	40.5	46.9