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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Mult Res Approaches. 2012 Jan 1;6(1):4406. doi: 10.5172/mra.2012.6.1.56

Table 2.

Comparison of Baseline Characteristics of 1,253 Participants who Did and Did Not Complete Follow-up Assessments in Years 2, 3, and 4

Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
Completed Did Not Complete Completed Did Not Complete Completed Did Not Complete
% Mean SD % Mean SD % Mean SD % Mean SD % Mean SD % Mean SD
Sex (%Male) *** 47.3 61.3 46.5 63.2 46.2 64.7
Race (% White) 70.9 70.3 70.7 71.5 70.3 74.2
Mother’s education (% with graduate degree) 35.5 37.6 36.2 31.6 35.6 35.8
Combined SAT score 1267.9 119.7 1276 117.4 1269.5 119.7 1262.7 118.1 1268.3 118.4 1271.1 127.3
Importance of religion
 Not important * 24.8 36.9 24.9 33.6 24.9 33.3
 Slightly important 24.1 23.4 24.8 19.1 24.8 19.2
 Moderately important 31.3 27 31.1 29.6 30.7 32.1
 Extremely important 19.7 12.6 19.3 17.8 19.6 15.4
ADHD (% with current diagnosis) 3.6 5.4 3.9 2.6 3.9 2.6
Beck Depression Inventory Score 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.2 5 5.3
Beck Anxiety Inventory Score 7.6 7 8.2 8.8 7.5 7 8.3 8.3 7.6 6.9 8.2 8.6
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Score 10.7 7.5 12.1 9.7 10.7 7.6 11.8 8.5 10.7 7.5 11.5 9.1
# of illicit drugs ever used ** 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.5 2 2.1 1.4 1.5 2 2
Typical # of drinks per drinking day a, *** 4.8 2.7 5.6 3 4.8 2.7 5.6 3 4.8 2.6 5.5 3.3
Age at first alcohol intoxication b 15.7 1.7 15.6 1.6 15.6 1.7 15.7 1.6 15.6 1.7 15.7 1.6
Alcohol use disorder 26.6 28.8 26.7 27.6 26.9 26.3
Cannabis use disorder 14.5 17.4 14.7 15.3 14.3 18.2
a

Restricted to individuals who drank alcohol at least once in their lifetime.

b

Restricted to individuals who were drunk on alcohol at least once in their lifetime.

*

Denotes statistically significant differences between completers and non-completers in Year 2 (α =.05).

**

Denotes statistically significant differences between completers and non-completers in Years 3 and 4 (α=.05).

***

Denotes statistically significant differences between completers and non-completers in Years 2 through 4 (α =.05).