Table 1.
Demographics, treatment information and alcohol use measures in short-term abstinent alcoholics
| Characteristic | Abstainers (n = 40) |
Relapsers (n = 29) |
t | Sig. (2-tailed) | Effect size partial η2 | Odds ratio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or n | SD or % | Mean or n | SD or % | |||||
| Age (years) | 46.70 | 6.83 | 46.91 | 7.25 | 0.12 | 0.90 | 0.0002 | — |
| Education (years) | 13.98 | 2.33 | 13.21 | 2.14 | 1.42 | 0.16 | 0.028 | — |
| Female, n (%) | 20 | 50.00% | 9 | 31.03% | — | — | — | 2.22 |
| Mandated for abstinence by court, n (%) | 17 | 42.50% | 7 | 24.14% | — | — | — | 2.42 |
| Attended residential treatment, n (%) | 14 | 35.00% | 8 | 27.59% | — | — | — | 1.75 |
| Attended intensive outpatient treatment, n (%) | 6 | 15.00% | 5 | 17.24% | — | — | — | 1.20 |
| Alcohol lifetime dose (standard drinks per month) | 184.83 | 207.85 | 196.82 | 152.97 | 0.28 | 0.78 | 0.001 | — |
| Alcohol lifetime use duration (months) | 318.53 | 98.12 | 346.55 | 87.11 | 0.63 | 0.53 | 0.022 | |
| Dose during peak use (number of drinks per month) | 381.94 | 344.62 | 371.38 | 325.06 | 0.13 | 0.90 | 0.0002 | — |
| Length of abstinence until MRI session (number of days) | 76.65 | 18.24 | 71.14 | 18.82 | 1.22 | 0.23 | 0.022 | — |
Note: SD, standard deviation.