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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Feb 22;117(2-3):158–163. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.01.014

Table 4.

Impact of Change in Drinking Category on Depressive Symptoms

Group PHQ-9 Score Over all 4 time points
Change from baseline N Median
Unhealthy Drinking to Unhealthy Drinking (Unhealthy drinking at all 4 time points) 66 6.5
Unhealthy to Low-risk (Unhealthy drinking at baseline but one categorization of low-risk drinking) 312 5
Low-risk Drinking to Low-risk (Low-risk drinking at all 4 time points) 743 3
Low-risk to Unhealthy (Low-risk drinking at baseline but one categorization of unhealthy drinking) 126 4