Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the total sample of patients.

From: Evaluation of neurotrophic factors and education level as predictors of cognitive decline in alcohol use disorder

Variables

Patients with alcohol use disorder

Total sample

N = 262

Subcohorta

N = 58

Statistics

df

p-value

Age (mean ± SD) (years)

49.23 ± 8.87

49.57 ± 8.20

− 0.270b

318

0.787

Body mass index [mean (SD)] (kg/m2)

25.99 ± 4.36

25.86 ± 3.81

0.210b

318

0.819

Sex [N (%)]

Women

67(25.4)

11 (19)

1.125c

1

0.316

Men

195 (74.4)

47 (81)

   

Marital status [N (%)]

Single

74 (28.2)

14 (24.1)

2.696c

4

0.610

Cohabiting

99 (37.8)

20 (34.5)

   

Separated

81 (30.9)

22 (37.9)

   

Widow

8 (3.1)

2 (3.4)

   

Education level [N (%)]

Elementary

97 (37)

22 (37.9)

0.240c

2

0.887

Secondary

121 (46.2)

25 (43.1)

   

University

44 (16.8)

11 (19)

   

Occupation [N (%)]

Employed

63 (24)

11 (19)

2.416c

4

0.660

Unemployed

119 (45.4)

30 (51.7)

   

Other

80 (30.5)

17 (29.3)

   
  1. df degree of freedom.
  2. aPatients with neuropsychological battery (FAB and MMSE).
  3. bChi-square test statistic.
  4. cStudent’s t test statistic.