Table 3.
Comparison of age at first alcohol intake in female and male patients with alcohol dependence reporting a parental history of alcohol abuse/dependence.
| Female Patients (n = 57) | |||||||||||||||
| None | Mother Only | Father Only | Both Parents | ||||||||||||
| Mrange | Me | IQR | Mrange | Me | IQR | Mrange | Me | IQR | Mrange | Me | IQR | H | p | η2 | |
| Age at first alcohol intake | 27.45 | 17.0 | 4.0 | 21.67 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 28.62 | 17.0 | 3.5 | 38.19 | 18.0 | 17.25 | 3.37 | 0.338 | 0.06 |
| Male Patients (n = 237) | |||||||||||||||
| None of Parents | Mother Only | Father Only | Both Parents | ||||||||||||
| Mrange | Me | IQR | Mrange | Me | IQR | Mrange | Me | IQR | Mrange | Me | IQR | H | p | η2 | |
| Age at first alcohol intake | 126.88 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 97.76 | 15.0 | 3.5 | 114.49 | 15.0 | 4.0 | 59.00 | 12.0 | 6.25 | 10.10 | 0.018 * | 0.04 |
Mrange—Medium range; Me—median; IQR—interquartile range; H—Kruskal–Wallis test; p—level of statistical significance; η2—effect size. * Post hoc analysis: male patients with alcohol dependence reporting both parents with alcohol abuse/dependence were younger at first alcohol intake than male patients with alcohol dependence reporting parents without alcohol abuse/dependence (p = 0.036).