Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

From: The role of the orbitofrontal cortex and the nucleus accumbens for craving in alcohol use disorder

 

AUD patients (N = 39)

Healthy controls (N = 18)

p-values

Females/males

15/24

6/12

0.709

Age

41.92 (8.55)

40.44 (12.12)

0.645

Relationship (yes/no)

20/19

15/3

0.021*

Years of education

14.21 (3.76)

16.33 (3.46)

0.047*

Employment (yes/no)

23/16

17/1

0.007**

Number of detoxifications

2.89 (2.92)

  

Days of abstinence

30.32 (14.65)

  

Years of problematic drinking

11.25 (9.17)

  

AUDIT

24.43 (7.25)

4.00 (1.88)

<0.001***

AUD

29.40 (6.83)

0.83 (1.30)

<0.001***

OCDS-Thoughts

4.59 (3.85)

0.11 (0.32)

<0.001***

CAEG

3.37 (0.46)

  

BDI II

15.70 (9.17)

  

BSCL GSI

1.21 (0.61)

0.18 (0.19)

<0.001***

  1. Means and standard deviations are displayed. Group differences are displayed by *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001.
  2. AUDIT alcohol use disorders identification test, AUD alcohol use disorder scale, OCDS obsessive compulsive drinking scale, CAEG comprehensive alcohol expectancy questionnaire, BDI Beck depression inventory, Brief symptom check list.
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