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Table 1 Characteristics of the population at inclusion

From: A prospective hospital study of alcohol use disorders, comorbid psychiatric conditions and withdrawal prognosis

N = 330, unless otherwise indicated

Mean ± SD (n) or  % (n)

Age (years)

45.2 ± 10.2

Sex-ratio (male/female)

3.6 (258/72)

Single/divorced/widowed (324)

69.1 % (224)

Lifestyle (324)

 Couple

31.5 % (102)

 Living alone

39.1 % (127)

 Other (family, friends…)

29.4 % (97)

With a professional activity

55.4 % (174)

Resources (327)

 Own or from family

67.9 (222)

 Social

32.1 (105)

Smokers

80.2 % (186)

With psychiatric co-morbidity

60.9 % (200)

Type of psychiatric comorbidity

 None

39.1 % (129)

 Dementia

1.5 % (5)

 Psychosis

4.6 % (15)

 Mood and affective disorder

30.6 % (101)

 Anxiety disorder

5.5 % (18)

 Personality disorder

26.1 % (87)

With somatic comorbidity

7.6 % (25)

Global Assessment of Functioning

49.14 ± 15.60

AUDIT (312)

26.9 ± 7.7

 Risk use (score ≤7)

2.2 (7)

 Harmful use (7< score <13)

2.2 (7)

 Dependence (score ≥13)

95.5 (298)

BDI score (308)

13.5 ± 7.1

BDI categories

 Absent

5.8 (18)

 Slight

16.2 (50)

 Moderate

41.6 (128)

 Severe

36.4 (112)

MCV (µm3)

97.9 ± 6.2

 % >normal values (n)

55.9 (181)

SGOT (UI/L)

47.4 ± 53.5

 % >normal values (n)

39.3 (129)

SGPT (UI/L)

42.5 ± 41.5

 % >normal values (n)

41.5 (136)

GGT (UI/L) (mean ± SD)

222.7 ± 408.2

 % >normal values (n)

61.6 (202)

Current psychotropic treatment

 Neuroleptics

14.2 % (47)

 Atypical antipsychotics

14.5 % (48)

 Thymoregulators

7.8 % (26)

 Antidepressants

52.7 % (174)

 Anxiolytics

90 (297)

 Benzodiazepines

88.4 % (292)

 Related to benzodiazepines

23.0 % (76)

  1. AUDIT alcohol use disorder identification test, BDI Beck Depression Inventory, GGT gamma-glutamyl transferase, MCV mean corpuscular volume, SGOT serum glutamate oxaloacetate tranasminase, SGPT serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase