Table 7.
Frequency of binge drinking pre- and post-injury.
| N | Baseline |
Follow-up |
Difference | Comparison* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | % | |||
| All | 201 | 3.11 | 6.50 | 0.64 | 2.57 | 2.5 | P < 0.05 |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 151 | 3.75 | 6.94 | 0.76 | 2.91 | 3.0 | P < 0.05 |
| Female | 50 | 1.14 | 4.45 | 0.26 | 0.92 | 0.9 | NS |
| Age at injury** | |||||||
| 18–24 | 48 | 4.07 | 6.92 | 1.08 | 2.50 | 3.0 | P < 0.05 |
| 25–34 | 49 | 4.35 | 7.80 | 0.59 | 1.43 | 3.8 | P < 0.05 |
| 35–44 | 49 | 1.42 | 4.91 | 0.86 | 4.31 | 0.6 | NS |
| 45–54 | 41 | 3.24 | 6.54 | 0.12 | 0.51 | 3.1 | P < 0.05 |
| 55–64 | 10 | 1.40 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.4 | NS |
| Race-ethnicity | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 52 | 3.26 | 6.81 | 0.64 | 2.87 | 2.6 | P < 0.05 |
| Others | 149 | 2.66 | 5.53 | 0.63 | 1.44 | 2.0 | P < 0.05 |
*Wilcoxon signed rank sum test.
**Only four cases in the SCI group over age 65, so no comparisons are presented.
NS = not statistically significant at P < 0.05.