Table 2.
Age at first alcohol intake and history of parental alcohol abuse/dependence by male and female patients with alcohol dependence (n = 294).
| Parents without History of Alcohol Abuse/Dependence | |||||||||
| Female Patients (n = 29) | Male Patients (n = 145) | ||||||||
| Mrange | Me | IQR | Mrange | Me | IQR | Z | p | r | |
| Age at first alcohol intake | 95.86 | 17.0 | 4.0 | 85.83 | 16.0 | 4.0 | −0.99 | 0.323 | 0.08 |
| Alcohol Abuse/Dependent Mother | |||||||||
| Female Patients (n = 3) | Male Patients (n = 17) | ||||||||
| Mrange | Me | IQR | Mrange | Me | IQR | Z | p | r | |
| Age at first alcohol intake | 12.33 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 10.18 | 15.0 | 3.5 | 0.56 | 0.616 | 0.13 |
| Alcohol Abuse/Dependent Father | |||||||||
| Male Patients (n = 17) | Female Patients (n = 67) | ||||||||
| Mrange | Me | IQR | Mrange | Me | IQR | Z | p | r | |
| Age at first alcohol intake | 52.03 | 17.0 | 3.5 | 40.08 | 15.0 | 4.0 | −1.82 | 0.069 | 0.20 |
| Both Parents with Alcohol Abuse/Dependence | |||||||||
| Female Patients (n = 8) | Male Patients (n = 8) | ||||||||
| Mrange | Me | IQR | Mrange | Me | IQR | Z | p | r | |
| Age at first alcohol intake | 12.00 | 18.0 | 17.25 | 5.00 | 12.0 | 6.25 | −2.97 | 0.002 | 0.74 |
Mrange—Medium range; Me—median; IQR—interquartile range; Z—Mann–Whitney test; p—level of statistical significance; r—effect size.