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Published in final edited form as: J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2007 May;68(3):362–370. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2007.68.362

Table 3.

Alcohol abuse and dependence status as a function of the DSM-IV and Craving Withdrawal Model classification systems.

Measures	Males (%)	Females (%)	χ²(1)
Abuse^†
DSM-IV	143 (33.4)	97 (22.1)	13.71, p <.000
Craving Withdrawal	204 (47.4)	111 (25.3)	45.83, p <.000
Dependence^‡
DSM-IV	104 (24.3)	56 (12.8)	19.05, p <.000
Craving Withdrawal	28 (6.5)	23 (5.3)	0.62, p = .430

^†

Includes only current and previous drinkers who met the threshold for alcohol abuse only.

^‡

Includes those current and previous drinkers who met the alcohol dependence threshold with and without abuse.