Table 1.
Baseline Demographic Characteristics (All Patients and Based on Alcohol-related Category)
| Characteristic | All Patients (N= 2446) |
Low-risk Drinkers (n=1677) |
Unhealthy Drinkers(n= 769) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) (range) | 50.2 (9.7) (22–87) | 49.8 (10.4) (22–87) | 50.9 (8) (28–82) | 0.003 |
| Male, % (n) | 95.2% (2330) | 94.2% (1580) | 97.5% (750) | <0.001 |
| Race/Ethnicity, % (n) | 0.114 | |||
| Black | 57.3% (1401) | 56.2% (942) | 59.7% (459) | |
| White | 32.3% (790) | 33.6% (564) | 29.3% (226) | |
| Other | 10.4%(255) | 10.2% (171) | 10.9% (84) | |
| Marital/Partner Status, %, (n) | 0.018 | |||
| Married | 23.4% (572) | 24.4% (409) | 21.2% (163) | |
| Divorced | 26.4% (645) | 25.6% (430) | 27.9% (215) | |
| Separated | 8.8% (217) | 8.0% (135) | 10.7% (82) | |
| Widowed | 3.8% (94) | 3.3% (55) | 5.1% (39) | |
| Never Married | 27.9% (682) | 28.7% (481) | 26.1% (201) | |
| Living with Partner | 8.9% (217) | 9.2% (154) | 8.2% (63) | |
| Employment, %, (n) | 28.2% (691) | 30.9% (518) | 22.5% (173) | <0.001 |
| High school education or greater, %, (n) | 92.1% (2253) | 93.5% (1569) | 88.9% (684) | <0.001 |
| Homelessness, % (n) | 10.7% (263) | 7.7 (130) | 17.3% (133) | <0.001 |
| HIV-infected, % (n) | 54.7% (1339) | 55.9% (938) | 52.1% (401) | 0.081 |
| Hepatitis C infection, % (n) | 24.5% (600) | 18.0% (302) | 38.7% (298) | <0.001 |