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Table 1 Confirmatory Analyses of Socio-demographic and Alcohol Grouping Measures and Substance use characteristics of the sample (n = 162)

From: Growth and weight status in treatment-naïve 12-16 year old adolescents with Alcohol Use Disorders in Cape Town, South Africa

 

Control Group

(n = 81)

AUDs Group

(n = 81)

  
 

M(SD) or %

M(SD) or %

U/χ2

p-value

Socio-demographics

    

   Age

14.76 (0.78)

14.92 (0.74)

-1.19

0.235

   Education level a

7.79 (0.85)

7.85 (0.74)

-0.43

0.666

   %Male

42

42

0.00

1.000

   %Female

58

58

  

   % Afrikaans-speaking

69

69

0.00

1.000

   %English-speaking

31

31

  

   % Mixed Ancestry

97.6

97.6

 

0.497

   % White

1.2

0

  

   % Black

1.2

0

  

   Total Socio-economic status score b

28.19 (5.80)

24.85 (5.93)

1.34

0.179

Alcohol Use

    

   % Never consumed alcohol

41

0

  

   % Never intoxicated

93

0

  

   %Light drinker c

59

0

  

   % Alcohol abuse d

 

2.5

  

   % Alcohol dependence e

 

97.5

  

% Weekends-only drinking style

in most recent drinking phase f

 

95

  

Drinking onset age (years) in

participants that have drunk alcohol

12.25 (1.66)

12.04 (1.70)

0.57

0.567

   Alcohol lifetime dose g

5.77 (12.46)

1493.69 (1511.53)

-11.04

< 0.001

   Age of first intoxication

 

12.83 (1.15)

  

   Age of onset of regular drinking

 

12.91 (1.11)

  

   Regular drinking duration (months)

 

23.78 (15.91)

  

Regular drinking frequency (days/month)

in most recent drinking phase

 

5.01 (2.87)

  

   Regular drinking quantity per month h

 

65.78 (57.96)

  

Tobacco Use

    

   % Never smoked tobacco

59

17

 

< 0.001

   % Light smokers (lifetime < 100 cigarettes)

35

31

  

   % Regular smokers (lifetime > 100 cigarettes)

6

52

  

   Smoking onset age (years) in light smokers

12.53 (1.62)

12.44 (1.96)

-0.19

0.846

   Smoking onset age (years) in regular smokers

13 (0.71)

12.36 (1.46)

0.96

0.339

   Lifetime tobacco dose of all smokers i

86.42 (442.80)

1417.59 (2762.60)

-7.02

< 0.001

Other Substance Use

    

   % Never used cannabis

89

42

34.35

< 0.001

   Lifetime cannabis dose j

0.12 (0.37)

4.08 (7.40)

-6.33

< 0.001

   % Never used methamphetamine

100

96

 

0.245

   Lifetime methamphetamine dose k

0

1.0 (0.56)

  

   % Never used any other drugs

100

100

  
  1. Notes: For all variables not presented as percentages, means are presented with standard deviations in parentheses. Continuous variables compared using the Mann Whitney U Test and categorical variables compared using the Chi-Square or Fisher's exact test.
  2. a Years of successfully completed education
  3. b Total Socio-economic status score: Sum of Family income (1-6), Reversed employment category of participant's parent with the highest employment rank (Hollingshead reversed) (1-9), Parent education (0-6), Total assets (0-7), Dwelling type (1-6) and Bedroom cohabitation (1-7) - Maximum = 41
  4. c Less than 100 standard drinks of alcohol consumed in lifetime
  5. d Greater than 100 standard drinks of alcohol consumed in lifetime with a DSM-IV diagnosis of alcohol abuse
  6. e Greater than 100 standard drinks of alcohol consumed in lifetime with a DSM-IV diagnosis of alcohol dependence
  7. f Style of drinking followed in the most recent phase of drinking
  8. g Total number of standard drinks of alcohol consumed in lifetime
  9. h Average standard drinks of alcohol consumed per month
  10. i Total number of cigarettes smoked in lifetime
  11. j Total number of 'joints' smoked in lifetime;
  12. k Total number of 'straws' (hits) of methamphetamine in lifetime
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