Table 1.
Age, sex, and lifetime dependence symptoms total by diagnostic group
| DSM-IV AUD diagnosers |
Non DSM-IV AUD diagnosers |
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| Variable | Total sample (N = 34,827) | Nondiagnosers (n = 17,590) | Pure abuse (n = 1,471) | Dependence (n = 4,781) | 1-2 dependence orphans with abuse (n = 3,715) | 3+ dependence orphans with abuse (n = 1,876) | 1-2 dependence orphans without abuse (n = 4,667) | 3+ dependence orphans without orphans without (n = 727) |
| Age, M (SE) | 44.67 (0.17) | 47.04 (0.26)a | 47.17 (0.46)a | 38.45 (0.26)b | 44.39 (0.27)c | 44.25 (0.39)c | 43.04 (0.32)d | 42.66 (0.70)c,d |
| Sex, % male (SE) | 51.23 (0.38) | 40.29 (0.59)a | 65.70 (1.34)b,c | 66.67 (0.84)b,c | 65.08 (0.96)c | 69.25 (1.23)b | 49.29 (0.95)d | 48.99 (2.54)d |
| Dependence symptoms, M (SE) | 1.35 (0.03) | – | – | 4.73 (0.03)a | 1.51 (0.01)b | 4.05 (0.03)c | 1.33 (0.01)d | 3.40 (0.03)e |
| Dependence symptoms total, % (SE) | ||||||||
| 0 | 52.62 (0.71) | 100.00 (0.00) | 100.00 (0.00) | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1 | 14.56 (0.25) | – | – | – | 49.24 (0.93) | – | 66.61 (0.78) | – |
| 2 | 10.33 (0.23) | – | – | – | 50.76 (0.93) | – | 33.39 (0.78) | – |
| 3 | 7.44 (0.21) | – | – | 24.02 (0.77) | – | 45.48 (1.41) | – | 67.98 (2.03) |
| 4 | 5.44 (0.17) | – | – | 24.13 (0.7) | – | 24.04 (1.33) | – | 24.92 (2.02) |
| 5 | 4.1 (0.17) | – | – | 20.63 (0.74) | – | 15.95 (1.12) | – | 6.16 (1.12) |
| 6 | 3.09 (0.13) | – | – | 17.12 (0.67) | – | 8.95 (0.87) | – | 0.95 (0.37) |
| 7 | 2.43 (0.12) | – | – | 14.1 (0.65) | – | 5.59 (0.57) | – | 0.00 (0.00) |
Notes: All diagnoses and symptoms are lifetime reports. Standard errors are in parentheses. Groups that share a superscript letter by row are not statistically different atp < .01. Nondiagnosers = no AUD diagnosis or dependence symptoms; pure abuse = alcohol abuse only without dependence symptoms; dependence = alcohol dependence with or without abuse; 1 -2 dependence orphans with abuse = no alcohol dependence but 1 or 2 dependence symptoms; 3+ dependence orphans with abuse = no alcohol dependence but 3+ dependence symptoms; 1-2 dependence orphans without abuse = no alcohol dependence but 1 or 2 dependence symptoms; 3+ dependence orphans without abuse = no alcohol dependence but 3+ lifetime dependence symptoms. DSM-IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition; AUD = alcohol use disorder.