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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics for Screening Sample and Alcohol Symptom Checklist Sample

From: An Alcohol Symptom Checklist identifies high rates of alcohol use disorder in primary care patients who screen positive for depression and high-risk drinking

  

Screening Sample

(N = 369,943)

Alcohol Symptom Checklist Sample

(N = 8,184)

  

N

%

N

%

Sex

Male

152,994

41.4%

5,652

69.1%

Female

216,947

58.6%

2,532

30.9%

Race

Asian or Asian American

35,625

9.6%

387

4.7%

Black or African American

17,383

4.7%

401

4.9%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

3,521

1.0%

90

1.1%

American Indian/Alaska Native

2,581

0.7%

81

1.0%

White

266,715

72.1%

6,171

75.4%

More than one race

10,363

2.8%

221

2.7%

Other race

14,788

4.0%

395

4.8%

Unknown

18,967

5.1%

438

5.4%

Ethnicity

Hispanic

22,164

6.0%

578

7.1%

Non-Hispanic

328,405

88.8%

7,146

87.3%

Unknown

19,374

5.2%

460

5.6%

Age

18–24

31,232

8.4%

833

10.2%

25–44

117,296

31.7%

3551

43.4%

45–64

132,896

35.9%

2905

35.5%

65 + 

88,519

23.9%

895

10.9%

AUDIT-C score

0 (no-past year drinking)

105,486

28.5%

–-

–-

1–2 (F) or 1–3 (M) (low-level drinking)

159,057

43.0%

–-

–-

3–4 (F) or 4 (M) (mild UAUa)

69,886

18.9%

–-

–-

5–6 (moderate UAUa, no checklist)

25,852

7.0%

–-

–-

7–12 (high-risk drinking, checklist)

9662

2.7%

8184

100%

Alcohol Symptom Checklist

0 (no AUD symptoms)

  

2,546

31.1%

1 (no AUD)

  

1,215

14.8%

2–3 (mild AUD)

  

1,631

19.9%

4–5 (moderate AUD)

  

980

12.0%

6–11 (severe AUD)

  

1,812

22.1%

PHQ-2 score

0–2 (negative depression screen)

321,869

87.3%

5,903

72.2%

3–6 (positive depression screen)

47,025

12.7%

2,278

27.8%

  1. Note: a UAU Unhealthy alcohol use