The 14-year course of alcoholism in a community sample: do men and women differ?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the course of alcoholism in males and females in a 14-year follow-up of persons with DSM-III alcoholism compared to very heavy drinkers and unaffected controls in a community sample.

Methods

Case-control study based on data from the 1997 Health Services Use and Cost study, a 14-year follow-up survey of 442 individuals who participated in two waves of the 1981-1983 St. Louis Epidemiologic Catchment Area study. Cases met criteria for DSM-III alcohol abuse (AA) or dependence (AD) at both waves of the ECA: "Two-times Alcohol Use Disorder Positives (ECA 2t-AUDPs)." Two comparison groups were frequency matched to 2t-AUDPs: (1) ECA Very Heavy Drinkers/One-time Alcohol Use Disorder Positives (ECA VHD/1t-AUDPs) and (2) ECA alcohol-unaffecteds. Lifetime and pa

SUBMITTER: Edens EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2324065 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature