Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics.

	Outcome 2016
	Present AUD (n = 228)		Dead (n = 93)		Remission (n = 75)		Total (n = 396)			Kruskall- Wallis (CI 95%)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	p
Age at baseline									0.570a	< 0.001 p,d*
18–24 years	12	5.3	1	1.1	3	4.0	16	4.0
25–34 years	28	12.3	7	7.5	9	12.0	44	11.1
35–44 years	45	19.7	12	12.9	12	16.0	69	17.4
45–54 years	89	39.0	33	35.5	26	34.7	148	37.4
55–64 years	54	23.7	40	43.0	25	33.3	119	30.1
Gender
Male	165	72.4	75	80.6	55	73.3	295	74.5	0.294a
Female	63	27.6	18	19.4	20	26.7	101	25.5
Permanent Dg F10									< 0.001a	< 0.001 r,p*
Yes	89	39.0	26	27.9	13	17.3	128	32.3
No	139	61.0	67	72.0	62	82.7	268	67.7
Permanent Dg F (excl. F10)									< 0.050a	< 0.050 p,d*
Yes	55	24.1	11	11.8	21	28.0	87	22.0		< 0.050 d,r*
No	173	75.9	82	88.2	54	72.0	309	78.0
Income support									0.068a
Yes	163	71.5	59	63.4	48	64.0	270	68.2
No	53	23.3	33	35.5	26	34.7	112	28.3
Missing	12	5.2	1	1.1	1	1.3	14	3.5
Contacts with AUD services									< 0.001a	< 0.001 p,d*
0	70	30.7	54	58.1	40	53.3	164	41.4
< 1	45	19.7	12	12.9	4	5.3	61	15.4
1.0–2.9	47	20.6	12	12.9	12	16.0	71	17.9
3.0–9.9	49	21.5	8	8.6	10	13.3	67	16.9
10.0+	17	7.5	7	7.5	9	12.0	33	8.3
Contacts with MH services									< 0.001a	< 0.001 d,r*
0	128	56.1	65	69.9	32	42.7	225	56.8		< 0.010 p,r*
< 1	52	22.8	8	8.6	13	17.3	73	18.4
1.0–2.9	29	12.7	9	9.7	12	16.0	50	12.6
3.0–9.9	12	5.3	7	7.5	6	8.0	25	6.3
10.0+	7	3.1	4	4.3	12	16.0	23	5.8

AUD = alcohol-use disorder; Dg F = ICD-10 codes F00-F99 (mental and behavioural disorders), excl. F10; MH = mental health.

^a Pearson chi-square.

*Kruskall–Wallis pairwise comparisons: p = present AUD problem; d = dead; r = remission.