Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study cohort
| n=91 | AUDIT or CDT | |||
| Positive | Negative | |||
| n=16 (17.6) | n=75 (82.4) | |||
| Readmitted within 30 days (ED or inpatient) | ||||
| No | 72 (79.1) | 13 (81.3) | 59 (78.7) | 0.817 |
| Yes | 19 (20.9) | 3 (18.8) | 16 (21.3) | |
| Complication noted | ||||
| No | 76 (83.5) | 11 (68.8) | 65 (86.7) | 0.301 |
| Yes | 7 (7.7) | 2 (12.5) | 5 (6.7) | |
| Surgery done? | ||||
| No | 16 (17.6) | 5 (31.3) | 11 (14.7) | 0.147 |
| Yes | 75 (82.4) | 11 (68.8) | 64 (85.3) | |
| Length of stay | ||||
| Mean±SD | 4.01± 6.44 | 4.13± 4.13 | 3.99± 6.85 | 0.9914 |
| Median (IQR) | 2.0 (3.0) | 3.0 (5.0) | 2.0 (3.0) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 45 (49.5) | 4 (25.0) | 41 (54.7) | 0.052 |
| Male | 46 (50.5) | 12 (75.0) | 34 (45.3) | |
| Race | ||||
| White | 66 (72.5) | 10 (62.5) | 56 (74.7) | 0.361 |
| Non-white | 24 (26.4) | 6 (37.5) | 18 (24.0) | |
| Age | ||||
| 21–34 | 33 (36.3) | 5 (31.3) | 28 (37.3) | 0.801 |
| 35–44 | 14 (15.4) | 4 (25.0) | 10 (13.3) | |
| 45–54 | 14 (15.4) | 2 (12.5) | 12 (16.0) | |
| 55–64 | 14 (15.4) | 2 (12.5) | 12 (16.0) | |
| 65–74 | 9 (9.9) | 1 (6.3) | 8 (10.7) | |
| 75 and over | 7 (7.7) | 2(12.5) | 5(6.7) | |
| Primary payer | ||||
| Commercial | 51 (56.0) | 10 (62.5) | 41 (54.7) | 0.913 |
| Medicare | 16 (17.6) | 3 (18.8) | 13 (17.3) | |
| Medicaid | 6 (6.6) | 1 (6.3) | 5 (6.7) | |
| Uninsured | 18 (19.8) | 2 (12.5) | 16 (21.3) | |
| Number of comorbidities | ||||
| 0 | 42 (46.2) | 10 (62.5) | 32 (42.7) | 0.175 |
| 1 or more | 49 (53.8) | 6 (37.5) | 43 (57.3) | |
AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; CDT, carbohydrate-deficient transferrin; ED, emergency department.