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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2018 Jan 22;32(2):197–204. doi: 10.1037/adb0000341

Table 1.

Group Characteristics

Characteristic Control AUD
n (male/female) 51(23/28) 78(47/31)
Average Age in Years (± SD) 21.00 (± 2.28) 21.45 (± 2.18)
Years of Education, M (± SD) 14.22 (± 1.38) 14.42 (± 1.24)
Lifetime Alc. problems M (± SD) 2.88 (± 3.44) 35.71 (±12.98)
2-week Alc. Quantity M (± SD) 7.75 (± 7.10) 58.95 (± 37.72)
2-week Alc. Frequency M (± SD) 2.92 (± 2.81) 6.97 (± 2.77)
3-month Alc. Quantity per week M (± SD) 6.34 (± 5.25) 31.86 (± 16.99)
3-month Alc. Frequency per week M (± SD) 2.10 (± 1.36) 3.99 (± 1.40)

Lifetime alcohol problems were the summed positive responses to questions from the Alcohol Use Disorders section of the Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism (SSAGA; Bucholtz et al, 1994).