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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 Nov 15;44(1):102–113. doi: 10.1111/acer.14222

Table 1:

Participant Demographics, drinking and smoking measures

nsCON
N=17
sCON
N=31
nsALC
N=21
sALC
N=23
% Male 82 87 76 91
Age (yrs) mean ± SD (min-max) 48±12 (26–69) 49±9 (33–64) 51±12 (25–71) 49±7 (33–60)
Education (yrs) 16±2 15±2 15±2 13±2*
1-yr avg drinks per month& 12±13 22±19 291±152 387±194*
3-yr avg drinks per month& 14±13 22±19 248±135 378±202*
Lifetime avg drinks per month& 18±14 26±13 171±93 256±129*
Total lifetime drinks˜ 6759±5642 9540±6691 72403±53646 100697±60623
Fagerstrom total score NA 4.8±1.6 NA 4.0±1.6
Cigarettes per day NA 18.3±6.7 NA 15.1±7.1
Years smoking at current level NA 16±12 NA 15±12
Total years smoking NA 29±11 NA 26±9

Abbreviations: nsCON=non-smoking controls, sCON=smoking controls, nsALC=non-smoking abstinent alcohol-dependent treatment seekers, sALC= smoking abstinent alcohol-dependent treatment seekers.

&

1 standard alcoholic drink contains 13.6 g of ethanol

sCON < nsCON, uncorrected p≤0.05

sALC < nsCON, uncorrected p≤0.05

*

sALC < nsALC (edu) and sALC > nsALC (drinking severity measures)

All other pairwise comparisons, uncorrected p>0.05