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Table 1 Demographic data of the patient and control groups

From: Elevated oleic acid serum concentrations in patients suffering from alcohol dependence

 

Study I

Study II

 

Alcoholic patients

Controls

Wilk’s λ

P

η. 2

Power

Alcoholic patients

 

N = 45

N = 45

    

N = 73

Age (x ± sd)

40.56 ± 13.82

40.67 ± 13.80

0.95

0.133

0.051

0.322

46.41 ± 6.07

BMI (x ± sd)

23.93 ± 3.42

25.46 ± 4.01

0.92

0.092

0.083

0.391

24.62 ± 3.88

Alcohol units per day (x ± sd)

17.27 ± 8.90

1.00 +-

0.23

<0.001

0.775

1.00

13.90 ± 9.02

0.00

Years of alcohol abuse (x ± sd)

8.97 ± 6.84

     

9.45 ± 6.41

Concentration of breath alcohol (‰)

0.94 ± 0.98

     

1.29 ± 1.14

N without any breath alcohol (%)

32.40

     

30.10

Days of in-patient treatment (x ± sd)

10.82 ± 3.01

     

10.68 ± 2.58

  

Related samples Wilcoxon Rank test

 

Smoker %

94.1

22.2

P = 0.002

90.4

Vegetarian %

0.0

2.2

(n for controls is only 1)

0.0

Fish diet %

       

Never

14.7

16.7

    

12.5

≤ 2 times a week

67.6

66.7

    

80.6

< 2 times a week

17.6

16.7

P = 1.00

6.9