Table 4.

Prevalence of Risk Factors, Use of Medication to Relieve Mood or Anxiety Symptoms, and Medical Morbidities Among Individuals with Lifetime DSM-IV Alcohol Dependence by Gender

Characteristic	Male n = 2,974			Femalea n = 1,807			OR	95% CI
	%	95% CI		%	95% CI
Risk factors
Family history of alcohol use disorders	50.47	47.99	52.94	60.21	57.34	63.01	0.67	0.57	0.79
Ever married to a spouse with an alcohol use disorder	13.34	11.94	14.88	38.80	35.95	41.72	0.24	0.20	0.29
Vulnerable Family environment	36.69	34.54	38.89	40.96	38.34	43.62	0.84	0.74	0.95
Family History of Depression	40.42	38.15	42.74	59.76	56.75	62.70	0.46	0.39	0.53
Parental Loss before age 18	10.11	8.82	11.56	9.53	7.94	11.40	1.07	0.84	1.36
Use of medication to relieve mood or anxiety symptoms
Alcohol	26.96	24.98	29.03	35.86	33.30	38.49	0.66	0.57	0.77
Drugs	10.75	9.44	12.22	13.41	11.70	15.32	0.78	0.64	0.95
Medical morbidities
Liver disease/Cirrhosis	2.06	1.52	2.79	1.00	0.61	1.66	2.08	1.14	3.79
Liver disease/Cirrhosisb	2.06	1.52	2.79	1.00	0.61	1.66	1.66	0.90	3.05
HTN OR angina	25.01	23.17	26.95	19.71	17.51	22.12	1.36	1.15	1.61
HTN OR anginab	25.01	23.17	26.95	19.71	17.51	22.12	1.25	1.03	1.51
Gastric ulcers	4.24	3.44	5.21	5.16	4.05	6.57	0.81	0.59	1.12

^aReference group.

^bControlling for total number of drinks.

Bolded: p-value < 0.05.