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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data for healthy controls and patients

From: Alcohol-induced damage to the fimbria/fornix reduces hippocampal-prefrontal cortex connection during early abstinence

 

Control

(n = 35)

Mean (SD)

AUD

(n = 48)

Mean (SD)

Statistics

Significance

Demographical variables

    

Age (years)

40.9 (9.8)

47.5 (10.1)

t(81) = 2.957

p = 0.004*

Education (no post-secondary educ./apprenticeship only/attended college or higher)

1/20/14

4/27/17

Z = 3.766

p = 0.288

Substance use patterns

    

Ethanol (g/day; mean of last 90 days)

6.1 (5.7)

202.5 (196.8)

t(81) = 5.809

p < 0.001*

ADS (total score)

2.12 (2.4)

15.31 (6.8)

t(79) = -10.744

p < 0.001*

Abstinence before MRI scan (days)

-

12.52 (7.8)

-

-

Smoking (yes/no)

3:31

32:16

Chi2(1) = 25.495

p < 0.001*

Cigarettes per day in smokers (0–10/ 11–20/ 21–30/ >30)

1/0/2/0

2/8/14/8

Chi2(6) = 4.162

p = 0.210

FTND in smokers (total score)

5.3 (4.6)

6.1 (2.1)

t(33) = 0.558

p = 0.581

Clinical scales

    

OCDS (total score)

1.53 (1.3)

16.85 (7.7)

t(78) = -11.178

p < 0.001*

BDI

2.09 (2.6)

17.20 (11.4)

t(81) = -6.144

p < 0.001*

STAI

30.62 (7.0)

45.92 (13.2)

t(79) = -7.574

p < 0.001*

  1. ADS = Alcohol Dependence Scale (missing values for N = 1 HC, N = 1 AUD Cohort); BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; FTND = Fagerstroem Test for Nicotine Dependence (missing values for N = 32 HC, N = 16 AUD); OCDS = Obsessive-Compulsive Drinking Scale (missing values for N = 3 HC, N = 0 AUD); Smoking status (missing values for N = 1 HC, N = 0 AUD); STAI = State Trait Anxiety Inventory (missing values for N = 0 HC, N = 2 AUD); SD = standard deviation; * = significant group main effect p < 0.05