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Table 3 AUDIT scores and AUDIT-C questions, n (%)

From: Involvement of alcohol in injury cases in rural Sri Lanka: prevalence and associated factors among in-patients in three primary care hospitals

Measure

Category

Total (n = 883)

 < 10 mg/dL (n = 755)

 ≥ 10 mg/dL (n = 128)

X2

p-value

AUDIT score, mediana (IQR)

8 (4–14)

6 (4–9)

15 (11–19)

 < 0.001

AUDIT categories

0–7

666 (75.5)

652 (86.3)

14 (11.0)

 

 < 0.001

8–15

146 (16.5)

88 (11.7)

58 (45.3)

  

16–19

37 (4.2)

5 (0.7)

32 (25.0)

  

 ≥ 20

34 (3.9)

10 (1.3)

24 (18.8)

  

Frequency

Never

502 (56.9)

500 (6.2)

2 (1.6)

398.5

 < 0.001

Monthly or less

181 (20.5)

159 (21.1)

22 (17.2)

  

2–4 times/month

96 (10.9)

60 (7.9)

36 (28.1)

  

2–3 times/week

66 (7.5)

28 (3.7)

38 (29.7)

  

 ≥ 4 times/week

38 (4.3)

8 (1.1)

30 (23.4)

  

Quantity

0–2

526 (59.6)

522 (69.1)

4 (3.1)

49.7

 < 0.001

3–4

95 (10.8)

79 (10.5)

16 (12.5)

  

5–6

172 (19.5)

115 (15.2)

57 (44.5)

  

7–9

59 (6.7)

28 (3.7)

31 (24.2)

  

 ≥ 10

31 (3.5)

11 (1.5)

20 (15.6)

  

Binge drinking

Never

654 (74.1)

618 (81.9)

36 (28.1)

55.0

 < 0.001

Less than monthly

121 (13.7)

90 (11.9)

31 (24.2)

  

Monthly

40 (4.5)

23 (3.0)

17 (13.3)

  

Weekly

43 (4.9)

20 (2.6)

23 (18.0)

  

Daily or almost daily

25 (2.8)

4 (0.5)

21 (16.4)

  
  1. aMean AUDIT score among drinkers (n = 396), differences between groups tested with Mann Whitney U test