Table 2.
Comparison of sociodemographic and drinking characteristic between nonparticipant, responders and nonresponders among those patients who did the test on their own initiative.
| Non-participants | P-value (nonparticipants versus nonresponders) | Nonresponders | P-value (non-responders versus responders) | Responders | P-value (nonparticipants versus responders) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (P = .839) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Male | 1074 (60) | 50 (57) | 84 (60) | |||
| Female | 720 (40) | 38 (43) | 55 (40) | |||
| Total | 1794 (100) | .579 | 88 (100) | .678 | 139 (100) | .929 |
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| Age (P = .000) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| 18–20 | 187 (11) | 15 (17) | 3 (2) | |||
| 21–30 | 389 (22) | 24 (27) | 15 (11) | |||
| 31–40 | 338 (19) | 16 (18) | 19 (14) | |||
| 41–50 | 312 (18) | 13 (15) | 21 (15) | |||
| 51–60 | 255 (14) | 9 (10) | 30 (22) | |||
| ≥61 | 303 (17) | 11 (13) | 51 (37) | |||
| Total | 1784 (100) | .232 | 88 (100) | .000 | 139 (100) | .000 |
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| Weekly consumption, g/week (P = .031) | ||||||
| Median (range) | 84 (504) | 90 (432) | 72 (420) | |||
| Mean (SE) | 110.6 (2.2) | .965 | 111.0 (9.5) | .049 | 89.3 (6.4) | .002 |
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| Frequency of HED, no. of HED occasions/month (P = .654) | ||||||
| Median (range) | 3 (30) | 3 (29) | 3 (30) | |||
| Mean (SE) | 4.8 (0.2) | .351 | 4.1 (0.6) | .442 | 4.8 (0.6) | .982 |