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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016 Sep 22;40(11):2435–2444. doi: 10.1111/acer.13211

Table 2.

Cognitive Performance by ETOH and Age Groups (T-Scores)

Domain Score ETOH Group Age Group Mean Std. Error 95% Confidence Interval
Lower Bound Upper Bound
Global Cognition* ETOH− Younger 48.274 1.644 44.987 51.560
Older 51.616 1.681 48.255 54.976

ETOH+ Younger 51.666 2.107 47.453 55.878
Older 45.489 2.980 39.532 51.446

Speed of Processing ETOH− Younger 52.551 1.887 48.779 56.322
Older 54.227 1.929 50.371 58.083

ETOH+ Younger 54.381 2.418 49.547 59.215
Older 48.643 3.420 41.807 55.479

Attention/Executive ETOH− Younger 53.841 1.755 50.333 57.348
Older 54.227 1.794 50.641 57.814

ETOH+ Younger 54.381 2.249 49.885 58.877
Older 49.714 3.181 43.356 56.073

Learning* ETOH− Younger 39.030 2.456 34.120 43.940
Older 44.545 2.511 39.524 49.565

ETOH+ Younger 45.417 3.148 39.123 51.710
Older 34.662 4.452 25.762 43.562

Memory* ETOH− Younger 38.762 2.632 33.501 44.024
Older 47.720 2.691 42.341 53.100

ETOH+ Younger 45.072 3.374 38.328 51.816
Older 38.097 4.771 28.560 47.634

Verbal ETOH− Younger 52.391 2.087 48.220 56.563
Older 55.932 2.134 51.667 60.197

ETOH+ Younger 54.571 2.675 49.225 59.918
Older 55.500 3.783 47.938 63.062

Motor* ETOH− Younger 48.217 2.292 43.635 52.800
Older 50.432 2.344 45.747 55.117

ETOH+ Younger 53.857 2.938 47.984 59.730
Older 43.643 4.155 35.337 51.949

ETOH+ = Heavy ETOH consumption, ETOH− = Non-Heavy ETOH Consumption, Std. = Standard, Younger = years of age < 40 years, Older = years of age ≥ 40 years, Age range of sample = 21–69 years,

*

= Significant age × ETOH interaction at p<.05