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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 Sep 6;36(3):497–508. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01616.x

Table 3.

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Meta-Analyses: Efficacy Outcomes

Mean Percent of Abstinent Days
Acamprosate = 51.24 (40.95)
Placebo = 42.96 (40.31)
Incremental Value 95% CI P-value
 Gender −0.88 −3.09 1.32 0.55
 Treatment 10.38 7.10 13.65 <.001
 Treatment x Gender 0.12 −4.27 4.12 0.95

Rate of Continuous Abstinence
Acamprosate = 28% (45)
Placebo = 19% (39)
Odds Ratio 95% CI P-value
 Gender 0.83 0.66 1.04 0.11
 Treatment 1.87 1.57 2.23 <.001
 Treatment x Gender 1.14 0.84 1.54 0.41

Mean Percent of No Heavy Drinking Days
Acamprosate = 62.78 (39.91)
Placebo = 52.95 (40.99)
Incremental Value 95% CI P-value
 Gender −0.16 −3.55 3.24 0.93
 Treatment 11.03 7.45 14.62 <.001
 Treatment x Gender 1.33 −3.36 6.02 0.58

Rate of No Heavy Drinking
Acamprosate = 39% (49)
Placebo = 28% (45)
Odds Ratio 95% CI P-value
 Gender 1.00 0.88 1.14 0.99
 Treatment 1.93 1.62 2.31 <.001
 Treatment x Gender 1.11 0.84 1.34 0.49