Table 4.
Baseline sociodemographic variables and psychiatric disorders in abstinent alcohol use disorders patients diagnosed with psychiatric comorbidity grouped according to sex.
| Variable | Alcohol (N = 85) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comorbid substance use disorders |
Other comorbid mental disorders |
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| Male (N = 31) | Female (N = 7) | p-Value | Male (N = 40) | Female (N = 21) | p-Value | ||
| Age [mean (SD)] | Years | 44.7 (8.3) | 46.7 (7.7) | 0.562a | 45.9 (8.3) | 48.9 (5.6) | 0.148a |
| BMI [mean (SD)] | kg/m2 | 26.1 (4.0) | 23.3 (3.3) | 0.090a | 26.6 (4.0) | 24.0 (3.5) | 0.013a |
| Liver and pancreas diseases [N (%)] | No | 28 (90.3) | 7 (100.0) | 1.000b | 35 (87.5) | 17 (81.0) | 0.706b |
| Yes | 3 (9.7) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (12.5) | 4 (19.0) | |||
| Steatosis | 1 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | – | 2 (5.0) | 2 (9.5) | – | |
| Cirrhosis | 1 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | – | 1 (2.5) | 1 (4.8) | – | |
| Pancreatitis | 1 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | – | 2 (5.0) | 1 (4.8) | – | |
| Lifetime alcohol use disorders [N (%)] | Abuse | 3 (9.7) | 1 (14.3) | 1.000b | 3 (7.5) | 2 (9.5) | 1.000b |
| Dependence | 28 (90.3) | 6 (85.7) | 37 (92.5) | 19 (90.5) | |||
| Smoking [N (%)] | No | 4 (12.9) | 1 (14.3) | 0.568b | 4 (10.0) | 4 (19.0) | 0.574b |
| Yes | 23 (74.2) | 4 (57.1) | 31 (77.5) | 14 (66.7) | |||
| Former smoker | 4 (12.9) | 2 (28.6) | 5 (12.5) | 3 (14.3) | |||
| Other lifetime substance use disorders [N (%)] | No | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – | 13 (32.5) | 14 (66.7) | 0.015b |
| Yes | 31 (100.0) | 7 (100.0) | 27 (67.5) | 7 (33.3) | |||
| Cocaine | 25 (80.6) | 3 (42.9) | 0.063b | 22 (55.0) | 3 (14.3) | 0.003b | |
| Cannabis | 13 (41.9) | 2 (28.6) | 0.681b | 11 (27.5) | 2 (9.5) | 0.187b | |
| Heroin | 1 (3.2) | 2 (28.6) | 0.081b | 1 (2.5) | 2 (9.5) | 0.270b | |
| Sedatives | 1 (3.2) | 1 (14.3) | 0.339b | 1 (2.5) | 1 (4.8) | 1.000b | |
| Others | 7 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0.309b | 5 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0.154b | |
| Common lifetime mental disorders [N (%)] | No | 4 (12.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000b | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – |
| Yes | 27 (87.1) | 7 (100.0) | 40 (100.0) | 21 (100.0) | |||
| Mood | 16 (51.6) | 6 (85.7) | 0.203b | 26 (65.0) | 16 (76.2) | 0.561b | |
| Anxiety | 8 (25.8) | 1 (14.3) | 1.000b | 11 (27.5) | 5 (23.8) | 1.000b | |
| Psychosis | 2 (6.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000b | 4 (10.0) | 2 (9.5) | 1.000b | |
| Personality | 11 (35.5) | 5 (71.4) | 0.108b | 14 (35.0) | 7 (33.3) | 1.000b | |
| ADHD (childhood) | 17 (54.8) | 1 (14.3) | 0.093b | 19 (47.5) | 3 (14.3) | 0.012b | |
BMI, body mass index; ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Bold numbers denote significant differences (p < 0.05).
ap-Value from Student’s t-test.
bp-Value from Fisher’s exact test or chi-square test.