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Chunk #17 — RESULTS — Demographics

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Genome-wide association study of alcohol use disorder identification test (AUDIT) scores in 20 328 research participants of European ancestry.
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Demographic data are shown in Supplementary Table 1. Mean age was 53.8 years (SD = 16.1), and 55.3% were women. The annual household income ranged from less than $14,999 (13.5%) to greater than $75,000 (21.5%), and the mean years of education completed was 16.8 (SD = 2.6). About half of the participants (49.3%) were married/partnered. Participants showed low to moderate alcohol use, average frequency of alcohol use was ~9 days per month (mean = 8.78, SD = 9.82); during the period of heaviest lifetime use, subjects reported reaching an average of 13.78±10.96 days over a 30-day period. Over the prior year, 78% of the participants reported drinking 1 or 2 drinks on a single day, and only 28% reported drinking more than 6 drinks on one occasion. Also over the prior year, 92% of the participants were able to stop drinking once they started, and 85% drank alcohol without feeling guilt or remorse.