Table 3.
AUDIT-C (alcohol consumption) and total AUDIT (alcohol use disorders) scores distribution in a national representative sample of 4894 Greek participants.
| Age group | Total | |||||||
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| 18–34 | 35–54 | 55–70 | ||||||
| N | % (95% CI) | N | % (95% CI) | N | % (95% CI) | N | % (95% CI) | |
| AUDIT-C scores | ||||||||
| Males | ||||||||
| 0 (abstainers) | 96 | 10.7% (8.7–12.8) | 99 | 10.8% (8.8–12.8) | 113 | 18.5% (15.4–21.6) | 308 | 12.7% (11.3–14) |
| 1–3 (moderate) | 431 | 48.2% (44.9–51.4) | 432 | 47% (43.8–50.2) | 274 | 44.8% (40.9–48.8) | 1137 | 46.9% 44.9–48.9) |
| 4-5 (moderate to heavy) | 219 | 24.5% (21.6–27.3) | 203 | 22.1% (19.4–24.8) | 147 | 24.1% (20.7–27.5) | 569 | 23.5% (21.8–25.2) |
| 6–12 (heavy alcohol consumption) | 149 | 16.7% (14.2–19.1) | 185 | 20.1% (17.5–22.7) | 77 | 12.6% (10.0–15.2) | 411 | 16.9% (15.5–18.4) |
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| Females | ||||||||
| 0 (abstainers) | 214 | 24.6% (21.8–27.5) | 306 | 32.6% (29.6–35.6) | 393 | 59.5% (55.8–63.3) | 913 | 37% (35.1–38.9) |
| 1-2 (moderate) | 450 | 51.8% (48.5–55.1) | 478 | 50.9% (47.7–54.1) | 210 | 31.8% (28.3–35.4) | 1138 | 46.1% (44.1–48.1) |
| 3 (moderate to heavy) | 102 | 11.7% (9.6–13.9) | 76 | 8.1% (6.3–9.8) | 30 | 4.5% (3.0–6.1) | 208 | 8.4% (7.3–9.5) |
| 4–12 (heavy alcohol consumption) | 103 | 11.9% (97–14) | 80 | 8.5% (67–10.3) | 27 | 4.1% (2.6–5.6) | 210 | 8.5% (7.4–9.6) |
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| Whole sample | ||||||||
| Abstainers | 310 | 17.6 % (15.8–19.4) | 405 | 21.8% (19.9–23.7) | 506 | 39.8% (37.1–42.5) | 1221 | 24.9% (23.7–26.2) |
| Moderate | 881 | 49.9% (47.6–52.3) | 910 | 49% (46.7–51.2) | 484 | 38.1% (35.4–40.8) | 2275 | 46.5% (45.1–47.9) |
| Moderate to heavy | 321 | 18.2% (16.4–20) | 279 | 15% (13.4–16.6) | 177 | 13.9% (12–15.8) | 777 | 15.9% (14.9–16.9) |
| Heavy alcohol consumption | 252 | 14.3% (12.7–15.9) | 265 | 14.3% (12.7 –15.8) | 104 | 8.2% (6.7–9.7) | 621 | 12.7% (11.8–13.6) |
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| Total AUDIT score | ||||||||
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| Males | ||||||||
| 0–7 (no problems) | 701 | 78.3% (75.6–81.0) | 733 | 79.8% (77.2–82.4) | 529 | 86.6% (83.9–89.3) | 1963 | 80.9% (79.4–82.5) |
| 8–14 (some problems) | 149 | 16.6% (14.2–19.1) | 129 | 14% (11.8–16.3) | 60 | 9.8% (7.5–12.2) | 338 | 13.9% (12.6–15.3) |
| 15–40 (alcohol use disorders) | 45 | 5.0% (3.6–6.5) | 57 | 6.2% (4.6–7.8) | 22 | 3.6% (2.1–5.1) | 124 | 5.1% (4.2–6.0) |
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| Females | ||||||||
| 0–4 (no problems) | 778 | 89.5% (87.5–91.6) | 873 | 92.9% (91.2–94.5) | 638 | 96.7% (95.3–98.0) | 2289 | 92.7% (91.7–93.7) |
| 5–10 (some problems) | 75 | 8.6% (6.8–10.5) | 55 | 5.9% (4.3–7.4) | 20 | 3% (1.7–4.3) | 150 | 6.1% (5.1–7.0) |
| 11–27 (alcohol use disorders) | 16 | 1.8% (0.9–2.7) | 12 | 1.3% (0.6–2.0) | 2 | 0.3% (0.1–0.7) | 30 | 1.2% (0.8–1.6) |
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| Whole sample | ||||||||
| No problems | 1479 | 83.8% (82.1–85.6) | 1606 | 86.4% (84.8–88) | 1167 | 91.8% (90.3–93.3) | 4252 | 86.9% (85.9–87.8) |
| Some problems | 224 | 12.7% (11.1–14.3) | 184 | 9.9% (8.5–8.8) | 80 | 6.3% (5–7.6) | 488 | 10% (9.1–10.8) |
| Alcohol use disorders | 61 | 3.5% (2.6–4.3) | 69 | 3.7% (2.9–4.6) | 24 | 1.9% (1.1–2.6) | 154 | 3.1% (2.7–3.6) |