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Table 1 Demographics and alcohol use of study participants

From: Neural substrates involved in anger induced by audio-visual film clips among patients with alcohol dependency

Characteristics

Control group (n = 16)

Patient group (n = 18)

t value

Age (years)

50.06 (6.10)

49.83 (6.60)

0.11

Educational level

12.38 (3.57)

10.67 (4.05)

1.30

Family history (%)

0

44.4

3.56**

Number of drinks (day per week)

1.02 (1.55)

4.63 (2.25)

5.37***

Amounts of drinks (drinks per drinking day)

2.86 (2.10)

16.25 (16.08)

3.30**

Maximum number of drinks in a lifetime

8.22 (11.26)

29.77 (24.21)

3.26**

AUDIT-K

6.38 (5.54)

27.89 (9.91)

7.67***

ADS-K

28.05 (5.39)

50.00 (12.85)

6.34***

  1. Means (standard deviations) are represented. One drink = 14 g ethanol
  2. ***P < 0.0001, **P < 0.001