Table 1.

Operationalization of Type A and Type B alcohol dependence domain characteristics (n=1172).

Type A/B Characteristics	NESARC Measures	Prevalence (%)
Premorbid Risk Factors
Familial Alcoholism	Any first degree relatives including blood or natural father or mother and full brother or sister ever been an alcoholic or problem drinker	47.5
Childhood Disorder	DSM-IV Conduct Disorder (no antisocial personality disorder)	1.7
Onset of Problem Drinking	Onset of drinking prior to age 15	18.8
	Onset of alcohol dependence prior to age 25	60.3
Pathological Use of Alcohol and Other Substances
Heavy Alcohol Use	Weekly 5+ drinking for men and 4+ drinking for women	63.5
Relief Drinking	Had taken a drink or used any drug or medicine to get over any of the bad aftereffects of drinking or to keep from having any of these bad effects of drinking	29.0
Dependence Syndrome	5 or more alcohol dependence criteria in the last 12 months	31.5
Polydrug use	Any use of drugs, including sedatives, tranquilizers, painkillers, stimulants, marijuana, cocaine or crack, hallucinogens, inhalants/solvents, heroin, or other drugs, in the last 12 months	40.6
Chronicity and Consequences of Drinking
Medical Conditions	Had any alcohol contributed health conditions, including hypertension, liver cirrhosis, other liver disease, chest pain/angina pectoris, rapid heartbeat/tachycardia, a heart attack or myocardial infarction, other forms of heart disease, stomach ulcer, and gastritis (Anderson and Baumberg, 2006), in the past 12 months	28.4
Physical Consequences	Any physical harm because of drinking in the last 12 months	54.2
Social Consequences	Any problem with family, job, friends, physical fights, or arrests because of drinking in the last 12 months	36.7
Lifetime Severity	8 or more lifetime alcohol abuse or dependence criteria	32.7
Years Heavy Drinking	Self-reported heaviest drinking period lasting 10 or more years	13.2
Psychiatric Symptoms
Depression	DSM-IV Major Depression in the last 12 months	22.3
Antisocial Personality	DSM-IV Antisocial Personality Disorder (with conduct disorder)	18.3
Anxiety Severity	DSM-IV Generalized Anxiety in the last 12 months	6.1