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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 May 21;38(6):1706–1711. doi: 10.1111/acer.12442

Table 1.

Subject Characteristics by Past-30-Day Drinking Status

Characteristic Abstinent (42%, n=94) < 4 Drinks Daily (42%, n=93) ≥4 Drinks Daily (16%, n=35)
% male 50 57 71
Median age (interquartile range) 52 (47–59) 52 (41–57) 52 (46–58)
% cirrhotic* 72 39 43
Median drinks past 30 days (interquartile range) [range] N/A 28 (8–63) [1–119] 266 (175–347) [120–929]
% Subjects with PEth ≥ 20 ng/mL 4 65 97
*

67% of cirrhotic cases were biopsy-confirmed, and 33% were based on clinical findings as specified in the text. 57% of subjects classified as non-cirrhotic had undergone liver biopsy.