Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients with an AUDIT score of ≥8 attending the clinic, by traffic light category, n = 393
| Variable |
Green, n = 191 n (%) |
Amber, n = 157 n (%) |
Red, n = 45 n (%) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | ||||
| Median | 43 | 45 | 45.5 | 0.020a |
| Lower to upper quartile | 37–48 | 39–51 | 34–52 | |
| Minimum–maximum | 25–55 | 25–54 | 26–55 | |
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| Sex | ||||
| Male | 95 (50) | 101 (64) | 33 (73) | 0.002b |
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| Deprivation (IMD score: May 2009) | ||||
| Quintile 4 or 5 | 66 (40) | 51 (40%) | 12 (29) | 0.421b |
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| Ethnicity | ||||
| Non white | 14 (7.6) | 14 (9.2) | 3 (6.8) | 0.863c |
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| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 46 (24) | 21 (14) | 11 (25) | 0.003c |
| Married/cohabiting | 137 (73) | 112 (74) | 30 (68) | |
| Separated/divorced | 6 (3.2) | 19 (13) | 3 (6.8) | |
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| AUDIT score | ||||
| Median | 11 | 11 | 12 | 0.499a |
| Lower to upper quartile | 9–15 | 9–15 | 9.5–15.5 | |
| Minimum–maximum | 8–36 | 8–33 | 8–36 | |
| >15 | 42 (22) | 35 (22) | 11 (24) | 0.938b |
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| SADQ score | ||||
| >15 | 14 (7.4) | 4 (2.6) | 7 (16) | 0.005c |
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| ALT/SGPT (iu/L) | ||||
| >ULN (40: male, 35: female) | 21 (11) | 15 (10) | 11 (26) | 0.019b |
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| Total units/week | ||||
| Median | 25.5 | 26.8 | 36 | 0.012a |
| Lower to upper quartile | 16–43 | 18–38.4 | 23–64.5 | |
| Minimum–maximum | 0–189 | 3–113.8 | 4–210 | |
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| Drinking days/week | ||||
| Median | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0.208a |
| Lower to upper quartile | 3–6 | 2.3–5 | 3–6 | |
| Minimum–maximum | 0–7 | 0–7 | 1–7 | |
a
Kruskal-Wallis test.
b
Pearson χ2.
c
Fisher’s exact test. ALT = alanine transaminase. AUDIT = Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. IMD = Index of Multiple Deprivation. SADQ = Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire. SGPT = serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase. ULN = upper limit of normal.