Table 1A.
Demographics, Symptom Counts, and Alcohol Use Measures of Non-Substance Abusing Controls (NSAC) and Long-Term Abstinent Alcoholic (LTAA) Participants
| Characteristic | NSAC (n = 23)
|
LTAA (n = 23)
|
Effect Size Partial Eta2 (% variance) | Odds Ratio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or n | SD or % | Mean or n | SD or % | |||
| Age, (yrs) | 47.99 | 6.70 | 48.46 | 7.10 | 0.05 | -- |
| Education, (yrs) | ||||||
| Subject | 14.74 | 2.38 | 13.22 | 2.33 | 9.8* | -- |
| Mother | 13.52 | 4.29 | 14.52 | 4.47 | 1.3 | -- |
| Father | 14.04 | 4.88 | 14.95 | 5.13 | 0.9 | -- |
| Female, n (%) | 8 | 34.78% | 8 | 34.78% | -- | 1 |
| Nicotine Use | ||||||
| History, n (%) | 3 | 13.04% | 11 | 47.83% | -- | 0.16* |
| Current, n (%) | 2 | 8.70% | 7 | 30.43% | -- | 0.22 |
| Symptom Counts (Lifetime) | ||||||
| Externalizing | 9.13 | 12.19 | 27.17 | 16.96 | 28.1*** | -- |
| Anxiety | 5.13 | 7.17 | 11.73 | 13.09 | 9.3* | -- |
| Mood | 5.57 | 9.28 | 17.00 | 15.10 | 17.9** | -- |
| Symptom Counts (Current) | ||||||
| Externalizing | 2.30 | 2.96 | 8.13 | 9.54 | 15.1** | -- |
| Anxiety | 1.87 | 4.79 | 6.04 | 9.57 | 7.0 | -- |
| Mood | 0.61 | 1.53 | 2.09 | 3.29 | 8.0 | -- |
| Average Dose (Lifetime; standard number of drinks per month) | 10.48 | 8.19 | 188.51 | 163.03 | 38.3a | -- |
| Dose During Peak Use (number of drinks per month) | 16.83 | 14.64 | 328.65 | 258.78 | 43.1a | -- |
| Length of Abstinence (number of days) | -- | -- | 2888.78 | 2848.14 | -- | -- |
| Additional substances used | ||||||
| Cannabis, n | 1b | 4.35% | 4b | 17.39% | ||
| Cocaine, n | 1b | 4.35% | ||||
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.01,
***
p<0.001
a
statistical comparisons are inappropriate since the variable is related to selection criteria
b
recreational substance use only, no Ss met criteria for abuse or dependence; subjects had been abstinent from these substances for an average of 18 years at the time of assessments.