Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study cohort (N = 148).

Age (years)

31.8 ± 9.3

41.3 ± 11.6

<0.001

Gender (Male, %)

88

67

<0.05

Race (White, %)

84

80

NS

Smoking status (current smoker, %)

39

62

<0.05

AUDIT scores

4.8 ± 4.6

27.8 ± 4.6

<0.001

Total drinks in the past 30 days, (drinks)

15 ± 15

242 ± 146

<0.0001

BMI (kg/m²)

28.7 ± 4.2

27.9 ± 6.2

0.38

Creatinine (mg/dL)

1 ± 0.00

0.9 ± 0.2

0.11

Bilirubin (mg/dL)

0.7 ± 1.3

0.8 ± 0.5

0.68

Albumin (g/dL)

4.1 ± 0.4

3.8 ± 0.4

0.001

Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)

58.2 ± 34.6

59.4 ± 20.2

0.79

AST (U/L)

23 ± 10

30 ± 17

0.02

ALT (U/L)

24 ± 17

29 ± 19

0.01

GGT (U/L)

35 ± 27

89 ± 25

0.001

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

15 ± 1.2

13.6 ± 1.6

0.001

%CDT

1.5 ± 0.8

2.6 ± 1.3

<0.001

WBC (x10³ cells/mm³)

6.9 ± 2.1

6.5 ± 2.2

0.24

Platelets (x10³ cells/mm³)

231 ± 55

227 ± 68

0.69

MCV (fL)

90 ± 3.9

92 ± 6.5

0.01