Table 3.

Correlations among COVID-19 cases, alcohol metabolites, and helpline calls (N=19).

Measures		County cases	County 7-day average	SD 7-day average	EtGa	EtSb	SD helpline total calls	SD helpline-health care	SD helpline-housing	SD helpline- mental health/SUDc
County cases
	r	1.00	0.78d	0.68d	0.03	–0.07	0.58d	0.45	0.34	–0.13
	t 17	N/Ae	5.07	3.86	0.13	–0.30	2.90	2.07	1.49	–0.53
	P value	N/A	<.001	.001	.90	.77	.01	.05	.16	.60
County 7-day average
	r	0.78d	1.00	0.93d	0.24	–0.09	0.86d	0.61d	0.62d	–0.25
	t 17	5.07	N/A	10.38	1.00	–0.35	6.87	3.13	3.28	–1.08
	P value	<.001	N/A	<.001	.33	.73	<.001	.01	.004	.29
SD 7-day average
	r	0.68d	0.93d	1.00	0.28	–0.06	0.92d	0.60d	0.65d	–0.25
	t 17	3.86	10.38	N/A	1.20	–0.26	9.83	3.07	3.56	–1.06
	P value	.001	<.001	N/A	.25	.80	<.001	.01	.002	.30
EtG
	r	0.03	0.24	0.28	1.00	0.34	0.19	–0.01	0.08	–0.49d
	t 17	0.13	1.00	1.20	N/A	1.51	0.78	–0.05	0.31	–2.29
	P value	.90	.33	.25	N/A	.15	.44	.96	.76	.03
EtS
	r	–0.07	–0.09	–0.06	0.34	1.00	–0.05	–0.11	–0.12	0.02
	t 17	–0.30	–0.35	–0.26	1.51	N/A	–0.19	–0.46	–0.49	0.10
	P value	.77	.73	.80	.15	N/A	.85	.65	.63	.92
SD helpline total calls
	r	0.58d	0.86d	0.92d	0.19	–0.05	1.00	0.72d	0.67d	–0.21
	t 17	2.90	6.87	9.83	0.78	–0.19	N/A	4.24	3.68	–0.89
	P value	.01	<.001	<.001	.44	.85	N/A	<.001	.002	.39
SD helpline-health care
	r	0.45	0.61d	0.60d	–0.01	–0.11	0.72d	1.00	0.16	–0.34
	t 17	2.07	3.13	3.07	–0.05	–0.46	4.24	N/A	0.66	–1.50
	P value	.05	.01	.01	.96	.65	<.001	N/A	.52	.15
SD helpline-housing
	r	0.34	0.62d	0.65d	0.08	–0.12	0.67d	0.16	1.00	0.05
	t 17	1.49	3.28	3.56	0.31	–0.49	3.68	0.66	N/A	0.20
	P value	.16	.004	.002	.76	.63	.002	.52	N/A	.84
SD helpline-mental health/SUD
	r	–0.13	–0.25	–0.25	–0.49d	0.02	–0.21	–0.34	0.05	1.00
	t 17	–0.53	–1.08	–1.06	–2.29	0.10	–0.89	–1.50	0.20	N/A
	P value	.60	.29	.30	.03	.92	.39	.15	.84	N/A

^aEtG: ethyl glucuronide.

^bEtS: ethyl sulfate.

^cSUD: substance use disorders.

^dP<.05

^eN/A: not applicable.