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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 Sep 15;36(4):654–662. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01639.x

Table 6.

Twelve-Month Prevalence and Odds Ratios of Treatment Utilization among Persons with DSM-IV Alcohol Use Disorders by Country

USA
(NESARC)
# of casesa
USA
(NESARC)
% (SE)
KOREA
(KECA)
# of casesa
KOREA
(KECA)
% (SE)
NESARC vs.
KECA
Crude Odd Ratio
(95% CI)
NESARC vs.
KECA
Adjustedb Odd Ratio
(95% CI)
Alcohol Use Disorder 3,231 11.8(0.62) 380 6.5(2.00) 1.92[0.99–3.71] 1.79[0.93–3.46]
  Alcohol Abuse 1,767 6.5(0.66) 135 8.2(4.33) 0.78[0.24–2.48] 0.80[0.24–2.74]
  Alcohol Dependence 1,464 18.2(1.14) 245 5.9(1.91) 3.55[1.77–7.15]c 3.93[1.88–8.21]c
a

Numbers were unweighted.

b

Adjusted for gender, age, marital status, employment status, education, urbanicity, and income.

c

Significant, p<0.05.