Simple bivariate associations between the study variables for the CON subjects are presented in Supplemental Table 3. Physical abuse, physical neglect, CTQ total score, and heavy drinking years were positively correlated with AUDIT score, while age at first drink and the personality factors of openness and agreeableness were negatively correlated with AUDIT score. Based on these findings, we included age at first drink, heavy drinking years, openness, and agreeableness as potential mediators in the next step.
