Table 1.
Baseline demographics by schedule (mean, SE or n, %)
| Deescalating schedule |
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|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | ||
| Age | 37.13, 3.82 | 39.75, 2.96 | |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 8 | 8 | |
| Male | 8 | 8 | |
| Race | |||
| White | 7 | 5 | |
| Black | 7 | 10 | |
| Hispanic | 1 | 0 | |
| Other | 1 | 1 | |
| Education | |||
| HS or less | 8 | 5 | |
| College + | 8 | 11 | |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 2 | 3 | |
| Not married | 14 | 13 | |
| Smoker | 6 | 11 | |
| AUDIT | 13.63,1.51 | 12.56, 1.40 | |
| Drinking days per week | 5.21, 0.34 | 4.45, 0.52 | |
| Drinks per drinking day | 7.15, 1.01 | 6.13, 0.77 | |
| Contemplation ladder | 2.56, 0.59 | 2.81, 0.77 | |
Note: All chi-square and t-tests for comparison were non-significant at p>0.05; Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scores ≥ 8 are associated with harmful or hazardous drinking, contemplation ladder (range 0 - 10) assesses readiness to abstain from alcohol.