Table 1.
Demographics of participants and correlations between AUDIT and drinking variables.
| (A) Demographics of participants. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | all (n = 158) | women (n = 86) | men (n = 72) | p value* |
| Age (years) | 29.8 ± 10.6 | 30.2 ± 11.8 | 29.4 ± 9.1 | 0.6384 |
| AUDIT | 5.2 ± 4.2 | 4.1 ± 3.4 | 6.5 ± 4.7 | 0.0002 |
| Years of drinking | 12.0 ± 10.1 | 12.1 ± 11.3 | 11.9 ± 8.5 | 0.8917 |
| Total drinks per month | 17.8 ± 19.8 | 13.2 ± 14.6 | 23.3 ± 23.5 | 0.0012 |
| Frequency of binge drinking | 11.4% | 4.7% | 19.4% | 0.0036ˆ |
| GP | 10.8 ± 4.1 | 10.6 ± 4.1 | 11.0 ± 4.1 | 0.5368 |
| BIS | 60.3 ± 9.1 | 59.2 ± 9.2 | 61.7 ± 8.8 | 0.0926 |
| *two-tailed two-sample t-test and ^chi-square test for sex difference. | ||||
| (B) Correlations between AUDIT and age, AEQ Global Positive (GP) score, BIS total score, and GP × BIS score. With correction for multiple comparisons (0.05/12 = 4.2 × 10− 3), significant p values are bolded. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | all (n = 158) |
women (n = 86) |
men (n = 72) |
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| r | p | r | p | r | p | |
| Age | − 0.2672 | 6.9 × 10− 4 | − 0.2882 | 7.1 × 10− 3 | − 0.2695 | 2.2 × 10− 2 |
| GP | 0.5179 | 3.2 × 10− 12 | 0.5727 | 8.3 × 10− 9 | 0.4989 | 8.2 × 10− 6 |
| BIS | 0.2657 | 7.4 × 10− 4 | 0.1230 | 2.6 × 10− 1 | 0.3509 | 2.5 × 10− 3 |
| GP × BIS | 0.5515 | 5.9 × 10− 14 | 0.5611 | 1.9 × 10− 8 | 0.5413 | 9.1 × 10− 7 |