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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2021 Apr 9;130:108396. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108396

Table 1.

Demographics of MAIN clinic patients at time of initial evaluation. Results expressed as N(%) or mean (standard deviation)

Total N=51 Women N=28 (55%) Men N=23 (45%) P value

Age, years 47 (11.2) 46 (12.3) 48 (9.8) 0.48

Ethnicity
-Non-Hispanic 49 (96%) 28 (100%) 21 (91%) 0.28
-Hispanic 1 (2%) 0 1 (4%)
-Declined 1 (2%) 0 1 (4%)

Race
-White 45 (88%) 27 (96%) 18 (78%) 0.06
-Black 3 (6%) 0 3 (13%)
-Asian 1 (2%) 1 (4%) 0
-Declined 2 (4%) 0 2 (9%)

Marital Status
-Single 20 (39%) 10 (36%) 10 (43.5%) 0.85
-Married 24 (47%) 14 (50%) 10 (43.5%)
-Divorced 7 (14%) 4 (14%) 3 (13)
-Widowed 0 0 0

Have children
-Yes 16 (32%) 9 (32%) 7 (30%) 0.99
-No 20 (39%) 11 (39%) 9 (39%)
-Declined 15 (29%) 8 (29%) 7 (30%)

Insurance
-Medicare 6 (12%) 2 (7%) 4 (17%) 0.41
-Medicaid 13 (25%) 7 (25%) 6 (26%)
-Private 31 (61%) 19 (68%) 12 (52%)
-None 1 (2%) 0 1 (4%)

Alcohol-associated cirrhosis 26 (51%) 13 (46%) 13 (56%) 0.47

Alcoholic hepatitis 25 (49%) 15 (54%) 10 (44%) 0.47

Ascites 34 (67%) 20 (71%) 14 (67%) 0.43

Variceal bleed 10 (20%) 6 (21%) 4 (17%) 0.72

Hepatic encephalopathy 25 (49%) 11 (39%) 14 (61%) 0.12

Decompensated 36 (71%) 20 (71%) 16 (70%) 0.89

BMI (kg/m2) 26 (4.9) 25.6 (5.2) 27.2 (4.6) 0.25

AST (U/L) 96 (73) 98 (67) 92 (81) 0.78

ALT (U/L) 60 (43) 51 (25) 69 (57) 0.17

Alkaline Phosphatase (U/L) 168 (81) 168 (78) 169 (86) 0.97


Total bilirubin (mg/dL) 3.9 (4.7) 3.7 (5.1) 4.1 (4.3) 0.74

Albumin (g/dL) 3.7 (0.7) 3.8 (0.7) 3.7 (0.7) 0.53

Sodium (mmol/L) 137 (4.1) 137 (3.2) 137 (5.1) 0.77

Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.81 (0.18) 0.80 (0.21) 0.82 (0.14) 0.72

Platelets (1000/uL) 167 (80) 177 (81) 155 (78) 0.32

INR 1.3 (0.26) 1.3 (0.25) 1.3 (0.27) 0.50

MELD-Na 14.1 (6.6) 13.1 (6.2) 15.3 (7.0) 0.27

Psychiatric Diagnoses

Anxiety 37 (73%) 23 (82%) 14 (61%) 0.09

Depression 17 (33%) 9 (32%) 8 (35%) 0.84

Bipolar 1 (2%) 0 1 (4%) 0.26

Trauma 14 (27%) 9 (32%) 5 (22%) 0.41

Other* 12 (23%) 8 (29%) 4 (17%) 0.35

None 8 (16%) 4(14%) 4 (17%) 0.76

DAST@ 1.34 (2.27) 1.15 (2.03) 1.54 (2.57) 0.66

ISI@ 11.2 (8.3) 13.1 (8.2) 9.6 (6.9) 0.22

Substance Use Diagnoses

AUD
-moderate 10 (20%) 6 (21%) 4 (17%) 0.72
-severe 41 (80%) 22 (79%) 19 (83%)

Tobacco 26 (51%) 14 (50%) 12 (52%) 0.88

Marijuana 33 (65%) 17 (61%) 16 (70%) 0.51

Opioids 9 (18%) 4 (14%) 5 (22%) 0.49

Cocaine 12 (23%) 9 (32%) 3 (13%) 0.11

Other@ 7 (14%) 4 (14%) 3 (13%) 0.89

None 8 (16%) 5 (18%) 3 (13%) 0.64
*

Trauma defined as psychological trauma resulting from a distressing event. “Other” includes personality disorders and eating disorders.

@

Number of psychometrics completed: PHQ9: n=32, GAD7: n=31, AUDIT: n=28, ISI: n=30