Table 1.

Main Clinical Features of Participants

	Controls (N=55)	Alcoholics (N=40)	p value
Age	50.46 ± 10.95	49.41 ± 6.82	0.59
Range	30–72	34–74
Years of education	11.58 ± 3.65	10.50 ± 2.63	0.11
Range	7–23	7–20
Days of abstinence before inclusion	/	11.57 ± 12.82	/
Range		3–75
Age of first alcoholic drink	/	16.34 ± 4.30	/
Range		6–25
Age of onset of alcoholism	/	26.42 ± 11.25	/
Range		17–55
Years of alcoholism	/	19.67 ± 8.87	/
Range		5–35
Quantity (number of standard drinks per day)	/	20.26 ± 12.26	/
Range		7–48

Data are given as means ± SD.