Chunk #25 — Results — Demographic and clinical characteristics

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Atypical effective connectivity from the frontal cortex to striatum in alcohol use disorder.

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Table 1 presents the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with AUD and HCs, revealing no significant differences in terms of age and years of education between AUD and HCs.Table 1Clinical and demographic characteristics.Data set 1Data set 2AUD, (N = 30)HCs, (N = 32)tPAUD, (N = 35)HCs, (N = 36)tPAge (mean ± SD)38.07 ± 7.5138.53 ± 9.760.210.8438.69 ± 8.1337.67 ± 10.39−0.460.65Gender (male/female)30/032/0––35/036/0––Educations (years) (mean ± SD)12.50 ± 4.4513.63 ± 3.181.150.2512.80 ± 4.3613.22 ± 4.020.420.67Duration of problem drinking (years)4.67 ± 3.00–––5.00 ± 3.28–––MAST23.30 ± 4.81–––25.97 ± 6.84–––AUDIT16.27 ± 3.97–––17.49 ± 5.41–––Compulsive score––––18.00 ± 6.07–––Impulsive score––––68.14 ± 9.25–––AUD alcohol use disorder, HCs healthy controls, MAST Michigan alcoholism screening test, AUDIT alcohol use disorders identification test