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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 Jul 10;43(8):1790–1800. doi: 10.1111/acer.14130

Table 3.

Impact of naltrexone on 4-month unhealthy alcohol use: Subgroup analyses.

Quit or reduced drinking (%)
Naltrexone
(n=85)
Placebo
(n=87)
p value*
Alcohol dependence
 Yes (n=92) 28 (56%) 14 (33%) .03
 No (n=79) 16 (47%) 25 (56%) .45
PEth value
 Positive, ≥8 ng/mL (n=80) 19 (46%) 13 (33%) .24
 Negative, <8 ng/mL (n=92) 25 (57%) 26 (54%) .80
Adherence to study medication
 ≥90% (n=112) 26 (52%) 27 (44%) .37
 <90% (n=58) 18 (53%) 11 (46%) .59
Age
 <50 years old (n=88) 19 (49%) 24 (53%) .67
 ≥50 years old (n=84) 25 (54%) 15 (36%) .08
*

p value from bivariate logistic regression within each subgroup