Table 2.
Risk of Harm from alcohol use and patterns of alcohol use.
| Female (2,472) | Male (732) | p-value* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk of Harm from alcohol use | Risk of harm from alcohol use | ||||||
| Abstainer (1,296) | Low risk (1,091) | Moderate/High risk (85) | Abstainer (98) | low risk (370) | Moderate/High risk (264) | ||
| Alcohol consumption | |||||||
|
Mean number of standard drink per day in last 30 days (sd) |
0 (0) | 1.03 (1.93) | 3.56 (4.07) | 0 (0) | 2.98 (3.59) | 7.05 (5.5) | <0.01** |
|
Median number of standard drink per day in past 30 days (IQR) |
0 (0–0) | 0 (0–1) | 2.5 (1–5) | 0 (0–0) | 2 (0–5) | 6 (3–10) | <0.01## |
| Pattern of alcohol consumption (col %) | <0.01# | ||||||
| Abstainer | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |
| Non-binge drinking | 0 | 90.4 | 55.3 | 0 | 65.1 | 17.4 | |
| Binge drinking | 0 | 9.6 | 44.7 | 0 | 34.9 | 82.6 | |
| Biological marker | |||||||
| Mean AST (sd) | 22.5 (8.2) | 22.3 (8.2) | 21.7 (5.1) | 26.1 (6.5) | 29.8 (15.8) | 39.0 (28.7) | <0.01** |
| Mean ALT (sd) | 19.2 (12.9) | 18.5 (12.3) | 18.3 (8.8) | 27.6 (13.3) | 34.1 (26.0) | 46.1 (41.0) | <0.01** |
*p-value comparing alcohol consumption and patterns of alcohol consumption between men and women; **T-test; #Chi-square; ##Wilcoxon rank-sum test.