Table 3 Variables related to alcohol consumption according to education level.

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

Variables

Subcohort (N = 58)

Elementary

N = 22

Secondary

N = 25

University

N = 11

ANCOVA (statistics)a

F-value

df

p-value

Age at onset of consumption [mean (SD)] (years)

14.15 (2.28)

15.24 (2.09)

17.36 (4.48)

3.175

2.56

0.050

Age at the development of dependency [mean (SD)] (years)

26.25 (8.51)

32.24 (12.03)

38 (9.32)

4.994

2.52

0.010

Length of AUD diagnosis [mean (SD)] (years)

16.15 (10.93)

19.56 (18.86)

9.45 (8.25)

0.176

2.53

0.893

Severity criteria [mean (range)]

Criteria

8 (2.07)

8 (2.06)

7.36 [2–11]

0.364

2.57

0.697

Duration of abstinence [mean (range)] (days)

140.95 [0–1270]

149.92 [14–149.92]

56.64 [14–120]

1.424

2.56

0.250

  1. df degree of freedom.
  2. Bold values are statistically significant for p < 0.05.
  3. aStatistical analysis was conducted on the logarithmic transformed values to ensure that statistical assumptions were met.
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