Table 4 describes the backwards elimination regression analysis predicting denial in AUD offspring using variables that differed significantly across Groups 1 and 2 in Table 3. Like Table 2, significant predictors of denial involved indicators of less intense alcohol involvement and less use and/or problems with other drugs. The five specific variables in Table 4 included only one that contributed to Table 2 (SUD for non-cannabis drugs) and one variable noted in Hypothesis 5 (giving up important activities to drink [D6]), but D6 had not entered the regression analysis for probands. The three other variables included lower proportions of deniers who smoked, reported alcohol withdrawal, or met criteria for alcohol dependence. If regression analyses were limited to the 106 AUD males, denial remained associated with lower levels of both alcohol and drug related problems, but the specific items for male offspring included a lower average maximum drinks per occasion, lower cannabis use, and deniers had a lower average age.
