Table 4.
AUDIT 10 scores of MDR-TB cases and three control groups and their breakout by the three conceptual domains of consumption, dependence symptoms and alcohol-related consequences over two different time periods in Botswana
| MDR-TB mean ± SD |
TB mean ± SD |
P value | HIV mean ± SD |
P value | General population mean ± SD |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous alcohol use | 3.0 ± 2.3 | 3.5 ± 2.1 | 0.22 | 3.8 ± 2.1 | 0.04 | 3.7 ± 2.0 | 0.06 |
| Dependence symptoms | |||||||
| Over last year | 1.4 ± 2.4 | 0.5 ± 1.3 | <0.01 | 1.0 ± 1.9 | 0.29 | 0.8 ± 1.7 | 0.07 |
| Over last month | 0.8 ± 1.7 | 1.9 ± 2.5 | 0.01 | 0.9 ± 1.9 | 0.77 | 1.4 ± 2.2 | 0.11 |
| Harmful alcohol use | |||||||
| Over last year | 3.6 ± 3.9 | 3.5 ± 3.2 | 0.88 | 2.4 ± 2.6 | 0.03 | 2.9 ± 3.3 | 0.11 |
| Over last month | 2.9 ± 3.4 | 2.6 ± 2.9 | 0.61 | 2.1 ± 2.3 | 0.10 | 2.7 ± 3.0 | 0.72 |
| Overall AUDIT score over last year | 7.8 ± 5.9 | 10.4 ± 6.0 | 0.02 | 8.4 ± 5.0 | 0.54 | 9.8 ± 6.4 | 0.07 |
| Overall AUDIT score over last month | 8.7 ± 6.7 | 8.6 ± 5.6 | 0.50 | 8.5 ± 5.8 | 0.52 | 9.5 ± 6.0 | 0.13 |
AUDIT = Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; MDR-TB = multidrug-resistant TB; TB = tuberculosis; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; SD = standard deviation.