Identifying chronic heavy alcohol use in emergency general surgery patients: a pilot study

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Figure 1
Correlation between carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (%dCDT) and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scores.

Table 2

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study cohort

	n=91	AUDIT or CDT
		Positive	Negative
		n=16 (17.6)	n=75 (82.4)
Readmitted within 30 days (ED or inpatient)
No	72 (79.1)	13 (81.3)	59 (78.7)	0.817
Yes	19 (20.9)	3 (18.8)	16 (21.3)
Complication noted
No	76 (83.5)	11 (68.8)	65 (86.7)	0.301
Yes	7 (7.7)	2 (12.5)	5 (6.7)
Surgery done?
No	16 (17.6)	5 (31.3)	11 (14.7)	0.147
Yes	75 (82.4)	11 (68.8)	64 (85.3)
Length of stay
Mean±SD	4.01± 6.44	4.13± 4.13	3.99± 6.85	0.9914
Median (IQR)	2.0 (3.0)	3.0 (5.0)	2.0 (3.0)
Sex
Female	45 (49.5)	4 (25.0)	41 (54.7)	0.052
Male	46 (50.5)	12 (75.0)	34 (45.3)
Race
White	66 (72.5)	10 (62.5)	56 (74.7)	0.361
Non-white	24 (26.4)	6 (37.5)	18 (24.0)
Age
21–34	33 (36.3)	5 (31.3)	28 (37.3)	0.801
35–44	14 (15.4)	4 (25.0)	10 (13.3)
45–54	14 (15.4)	2 (12.5)	12 (16.0)
55–64	14 (15.4)	2 (12.5)	12 (16.0)
65–74	9 (9.9)	1 (6.3)	8 (10.7)
75 and over	7 (7.7)	2(12.5)	5(6.7)
Primary payer
Commercial	51 (56.0)	10 (62.5)	41 (54.7)	0.913
Medicare	16 (17.6)	3 (18.8)	13 (17.3)
Medicaid	6 (6.6)	1 (6.3)	5 (6.7)
Uninsured	18 (19.8)	2 (12.5)	16 (21.3)
Number of comorbidities
0	42 (46.2)	10 (62.5)	32 (42.7)	0.175
1 or more	49 (53.8)	6 (37.5)	43 (57.3)

AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; CDT, carbohydrate-deficient transferrin; ED, emergency department.