Table 4.
Alcohol Use and Alcohol Problems among Current Drinkers with Past-Year DSM-5 Alcohol Withdrawal who Do and Do Not Continue to Meet Withdrawal Criterion when the Nausea Sub-criterion is Removed from the Algorithm. Medians (and interquartile ranges) are presented for continuous variables; percentages (and confidence intervals) are presented for nominal variables.
| Alcohol Use and Problem Variables | Alcohol Withdrawal With Nausea Removed (n=1,411) | No Alcohol Withdrawal When Nausea Removed (n=435) | Wald F (df=1,65) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol Symptom Count past year | 2.13 (0.56–4.49) | 1.41 (0.37–2.91) | 39.62* |
| Maximum drinks/Occasion lifetime | 9.72 (5.46–14.86) | 9.14 (5.14–14.25) | 12.28* |
| Maximum drinks/Occasion past year | 7.99 (4.80–14.11) | 7.32 (4.46–11.48) | 8.67* |
| Average Drinks/Occasion past year | 3.82 (2.10–5.87) | 3.11 (1.88–5.25) | 19.29* |
| Number of Binge Drinking Days past year | 28.95 (1.51–122.57) | 10.60 (0.70–50.45) | 41.74* |
| % Detoxification Treatment past year | 3.36 (2.30–4.89) | 0.41 (0.10–1.75) | 7.85* |
| % Reporting Alcohol Withdrawal-related Distress-Impairment | 30.54 (27.59–33.65) | 21.77 (17.12–27.27) | 8.40* |
Note:
p < .007