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Table 1 Characteristics of Study Population

From: Impact of vital signs screening & clinician prompting on alcohol and tobacco screening and intervention rates: a pre-post intervention comparison

 

Men

 

Women

 
 

White

Black

p

White

Black

p

 

(n = 189)

(n = 92)

 

(n = 189)

(n = 146)

 

Age, in years

      

   Mean (SD)

42.7 (14.3)

41.0 (12.6)

.388

40.4 (13.5)

40.5 (11.8)

.992

   Median

42

41.5

 

40

41

 

Alcohol misuse

45.2%

31.5%

.029

29.6%

30.8%

.814

Tobacco abuse

41.8%

33.0%

.156

39.2%

37.7%

.782

  1. Notes: Alcohol misuse is defined as at-risk drinking (consumption of more than 3 drinks in 1 day or 7 in 1 week for women, and more than 4 in 1 day or 14 in 1 week for men) and/or presence of a DSM-4 alcohol-use disorder (alcohol abuse and/or alcohol dependence).