Table 1.
Participant characteristics.
| HC | ALC | t-stat/ Chi- Squarea |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 49) | (n = 60) | |||
| Demographics | ||||
| Age | 38.77 ± 10.93 | 42.32 ± 11.91 | 1.61 | 0.11 |
| Gender (m/f) | 23/26 | 46/14 | 10.36 | 0.001 |
| Years of Education | 16.70 ± 3.58 | 13.72 ± 2.38 | 5.01 | < 0.001 |
| Axis I (%) | 2 | 40 | 27.38 | < 0.001 |
| Smokers (%) | 0 | 55 | 51.09 | < 0.001 |
| Trait Anxiety | 29.71 ± 8.25 | 40.48 ± 11.74 | 5.42 | < 0.001 |
| Drinking Measures | ||||
| AUDIT Score | 2.53 ± 1.70 | 25.45 ± 7.26 | 14.05 | < 0.001 |
| ADS Score | 0.9 ± 1.91 | 18.17 ± 8.14 | 9.01 | < 0.001 |
| Total Drinks (90 days) | 26.42 ± 25.36 | 963.02 ± 644.76 | 6.36 | < 0.001 |
| Drinks/Day | 1.52 ± 0.75 | 13.69 ± 8.34 | 5.93 | < 0.001 |
| Compulsive Drinking score | 1.71 ± 1.67 | 10.53 ± 4.68 | 9.51 | < 0.001 |
| Abstinence Duration (days) | – | 17.85 ± 9.73 | – | – |
| Impulsivity | ||||
| BIS Total | 53.02 ± 8.08 | 65.67 ± 12.50 | 2.81 | 0.006 |
| Attentional | 12.29 ± 3.32 | 15.62 ± 4.12 | 2.03 | 0.04 |
| Motor | 20.65 ± 3.13 | 24.43 ± 4.91 | 2.40 | 0.02 |
| Non-planning | 20.08 ± 4.12 | 25.62 ± 5.45 | 2.57 | 0.01 |
| Delay Discounting (ln(k)) | −4.70 ± 1.12 | −3.40 ± 1.93 | 2.39 | 0.02 |
Independent t-tests were conducted to compare continuous variables and Chi-square tests were conducted to compare categorical variables.