Table 1.

Demographics and alcohol information

Characteristic	Total (n=122)	ICU (n=33)	AUD (n=51)	Control (n=38)	p-value
Age years, median (IQR)	43.5 (36–51)	54 (41–64)	42 (36–48)	39 (36–48)	0.10
Sex (male), n (%)	93 (76.2)	21 (63.6)	43 (84.3)	29 (76.3)	0.14
Race (white), n (%)	89 (72.9)	25 (75.8)	32 (62.8)	29 (76.3)	0.13
Any level of alcohol misuse*	63 (51.6)	9 (27.3)	51 (100)	0 (0)	NA
Severe alcohol misuse†	49 (40.1)	6 (18.2)	42 (82.4)	0 (0)	NA
AUDIT, median (IQR)	6.5 (1–28)	3 (0–12)	30 (18–35)	2 (0–4)	<0.01
AUDIT-C, median (IQR)	5 (1–10)	6 (2–9)	11 (9–12)	1.5 (1–3)	<0.01
PEth (ng/mL), median (IQR)	261 (8–887)	12 (0–344)	887 (535–1479)	10 (0–109)	<0.01
Alcoholic drink in Past 7 days, y (%)(n=107)	61 (57.0)	9 (45.0)	49 (96.1)	3 (8.3)	<0.01

Characteristics are represented as medians with interquartile ranges for continuous variables by cohort, and analyzed using Wilcoxon rank sum tests. The associations between study cohort and categorical variables were assessed using chi-square or Fisher’s Exact tests.

^*AUDIT ≥5 in females and ≥8 in males

^†AUDIT ≥13 in females and ≥16 in males