Table 2.

Demographic Characteristics and Alcohol Use of Eligible Participants by Physician Seen

	Intervention (N=101)	Control (N=63)	P Value
Age (SD)	48 (13.9)	42 (13.0)	.017
% Female	40.6	53.9	.096
% Caucasian	73.3	81.0	.261
% Completed high school	92.7	100.0	.089
% 1 or more symptom of past year alcohol abuse*	25.8	30.8	.528
% 1 or more symptom of past year alcohol dependence*	51.7	44.2	.393
% Complete abstinence past 90 days*	27.0	28.3	.863
Past month drinking
Drinking days per week (SD)	2.03 (2.15)	1.40 (1.41)	.152
Mean drinks per drinking day (SD)	1.72 (1.57)	1.85 (1.72)	.618
Number of heavy drinking episodes (SD)	0.78 (1.36)	1.00 (1.55)	.365
CAGE score	2.07 (1.05)	1.98 (1.10)	.621
General health perception	2.63 (0.85)	2.52 (0.94)	.409
Visit time (min)	19.5 (12.8)	20.5 (13.7)	.710
Physician was previously aware of alcohol history	50.0%	62.1%	.145
Clinician asked about alcohol history during current visit	67.7%	45.8%	.007

^*Assessed in baseline interview (N=144).