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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 May 17;43(6):1263–1272. doi: 10.1111/acer.14055

Table 3.

Summary of GEE Models Predicting Alcohol Craving Following Alcohol Cue Exposure as a Function of Mood Condition

Alcohol Urge Questionnaire
Single-Item Alcohol Craving Measure
95% CI
95% CI
Predictor β SE LL UL p β SE LL UL p
Water Cue Exposure 0.593 0.073 0.450 0.736 < .001 0.408 0.117 0.179 0.636 < .001
Mood Condition
    General Unpleasant − 0.193 0.153 − 0.492 0.106 .206 − 0.252 0.119 − 0.485 − 0.020 .033
    Neutral − 0.467 0.144 − 0.748 − 0.185 .001 − 0.252 0.145 − 0.536 0.031 .081
    Stigma*
Models with Covariates
Water Cue Exposure 0.542 0.097 0.352 0.733 < .001 0.310 0.144 0.028 0.591 .031
Mood Condition
    General Unpleasant − 0.149 0.159 − 0.462 0.163 .349 − 0.246 0.105 − 0.451 − 0.041 .019
    Neutral − 0.121 0.352 − 0.810 0.569 .732 − 0.043 0.280 − 0.590 0.505 .879
    Stigma*
Person-Level Covariates
    Picture valance rating − 0.173 0.177 − 0.521 0.174 .328 − 0.120 0.170 − 0.453 0.213 .481
    Sex (female) 0.192 0.248 − 0.294 0.678 .438 0.140 0.286 − 0.420 0.701 .624
    AUD severity 0.051 0.125 − 0.194 0.295 .685 0.297 0.260 − 0.212 0.805 .253
    Counterbalance − 0.085 0.070 − 0.222 0.051 .220 − 0.055 0.084 − 0.219 0.109 .513
    Lifetime adverse experiences 0.067 0.110 −0.150 0.283 .546 − 0.171 0.183 − 0.530 0.188 .351

Note. Continuous measures are standardized; the reported coefficients for these variables represent standardized effects (effect size d).

*

Reference category. GEE = generalized estimating equation; SE = standard error; CI = confidence interval; LL = lower limit; UL = upper limit.