Table 1. Demographic Characteristics of ALC, CTL Study Groups: Mean±SD (range).
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| Women/men | Age (years) | Educ | SES | Trait | State | BDI score | Verbal IQ | LAC (kg) | Days since last drink | |
| ALC | 8/18 | 50±9.5 (26–65) | 14±2 (8–18) | 40±13 (range) | 42±11 (28–68) | 34±10 (20–53) | 10.7±7 (1–27) | 101±12 (70–118) | 897±568 (152–2291) | 118±97 (4–375) |
| CTL | 9/17 | 49±11 (26–67) | 16±2 (12–21) | 29±13 (11–54) | 30±7 (21–45) | 28±9 (20–50) | 2.67±3 (0–10) | 107±12 (77–119) | 57±91 (0–435) | 42±102b (0–482) |
| P | NSa | NS | 0.009 | 0.04 | 0.0001 | 0.028 | 0.0001 | 0.058 | 0.0001 | 0.01 |
Abbreviations: ALC, alcoholic; BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory depressive symptoms scores; CTL, control; Educ, years of education; LAC, lifetime alcohol consumption; NS, non significant; SES, socioeconomic status; STAI, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory anxiety scores.
a
Chi square.
b
One control woman reported no alcohol consumption during the last 40 years (14651days), and as an outlier was not included in calculation of the control group's mean±SD (range) for ‘days since last drink'.
Significance level at P<0.05.
Italic values are P.