Table 3.

Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Men in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS), by Demographics and Characteristics, Based on VACS Research Survey and Electronic Medical Record AUDIT-C

		N	Research AUDIT-C 4+ (%)	EMR AUDIT-C 3+ (%)	Agreement (%)	Sensitivity* (%)	Specificity* (%)	Kappa
All		2242	21.9	21.2	82.8	59.1	89.4	0.49
HIV+	Yes	1082	20.8	21.5	82.2	59.1	88.3	0.47
	No	1160	22.3	20.9	83.3	59.0	90.5	0.51
Age	<50	602	25.7	24.8	79.1	57.4	86.6	0.45
	50–64	1394	21.9	20.8	83.4	59.7	90.1	0.51
	65+	246	12.6	14.6	88.2	61.3	92.1	0.50
Race/ Ethnicity	White	485	20.6	17.5	87.0	61.0	93.8	0.58
	African- Amerian	1489	21.6	22.1	81.9	59.2	88.1	0.49
	Hispanic	185	29.7	23.8	77.8	52.7	88.5	0.44
	Other	83	18.1	20.5	85.5	66.7	89.7	0.54
Site	1	351	19.4	19.9	86.9	67.7	91.5	0.59
	2	142	27.5	24.6	76.1	51.3	85.4	0.38
	3	331	22.1	17.2	81.3	46.6	91.1	0.41
	4	293	25.3	23.9	83.6	64.9	90.0	0.56
	5	360	23.3	20.8	81.9	56.0	90.0	0.48
	6	244	17.2	23.8	81.1	64.3	854.	0.42
	7	439	20.7	20.7	83.1	59.3	89.4	0.49
	8	82	24.4	23.2	86.6	70.0	91.9	0.63
HCV	Yes	921	22.3	21.1	81.6	56.1	89.0	0.46
	No	1321	21.7	22.3	83.6	61.2	89.9	0.51
Alcohol	Yes	487	32.4	33.1	76.3	64.6	82.0	0.46
Related Dx	No	1755	19.0	17.9	84.6	56.5	91.1	0.49

^*Sensitivity and Specificity assume that research AUDIT-C is the reference group; sensitivity represents concordance of EMR AUDIT-C with positive research AUDIT-C; specificity represents concordance of EMR AUDIT-C with negative research AUDIT-C.