The aforementioned analyses were first conducted to explore potential differences in the course of alcohol dependence by race/ethnicity. Based on previous findings of sex differences (Grucza et al., 2008b; Keyes et al., 2010) men and women were examined separately for all analyses. Next, we conducted analyses to determine if a telescoping effect existed by sex and if this effect varied by race/ethnicity. For these analyses, the sample was stratified by race/ethnicity, and women were compared to men of the same race/ethnicity group. All analyses were done using the STATA SE software package.
