Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the AUD and HC groups.
|
AUD (N = 22) |
HC (N = 22) |
t or chi | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 49.818 (5.852) |
50.174 (6.719) |
0.18 |
| Sex (male), N (%) | 20 (90.9) | 20 (90.9) | 0 |
| Years of education | 11.909 (2.068) |
12.565 (2.842) |
0.888 |
| AUDIT-K | 35.591 (4.953) |
12.217 (8.806) |
10.026*** |
| BDI | 17.910 (8.646) |
8.652 (8.912) |
3.531*** |
| Duration of illness | 10.591 (5.105) |
– | – |
| Number of hospital admission | 3.591 (1.098) |
– | – |
| History of neurologic symptomsa | 12 (60) | – | – |
| (yes), N (%) |
Values are means (standard deviation) unless indicated otherwise. AUD, alcohol use disorder; AUDIT, alcohol use disorder identification test; BDI, Beck depression inventory; HC, healthy controls.
a
History of withdrawal convulsions or hallucinations.
***
p < 0.001 for group comparisons.