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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Oct 16.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2007 Feb 16;62(6):607–615. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.10.029

Table 2.

Drinking Behavior and Co-morbid Drug Abuse of Study Groups

Early-Onset Late-Onset
FH − FH + FH − FH +
Mean Age of Onset (SD) 18.98 (2.49) 19.32 (2.87 33.76 (7.45) 33.03 (7.47)
 Range 14–24 13–24 25–55 25–59
Mean Quantity Consumed 14.87 (6.87) 13.46 (7.3) 11.23 (5.87) 11.69 (7.07)
Mean Drinking Frequency 26.08 (6.94) 21.9 (10.98) 24.34 (8.85) 25.37 (8.13)
Mean Years of Heavy Drinking 15.07 (7.94) 13.04 (7.19) 8.65 (6.59) 8.79 (6.81)
% Comorbid Drug Abusers 72 % 71 % 39 % 48 %