Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorders and Their Association with Sociodemographic Determinants and Depression/Anxiety Disorders in a Representative Sample of the Greek General Population

Table 3

AUDIT-C (alcohol consumption) and total AUDIT (alcohol use disorders) scores distribution in a national representative sample of 4894 Greek participants.

	Age group						Total
	18–34		35–54		55–70
		% (95% CI)		% (95% CI)		% (95% CI)		% (95% CI)
AUDIT-C scores
Males
0 (abstainers)	96	10.7% (8.7–12.8)	99	10.8% (8.8–12.8)	113	18.5% (15.4–21.6)	308	12.7% (11.3–14)
1–3 (moderate)	431	48.2% (44.9–51.4)	432	47% (43.8–50.2)	274	44.8% (40.9–48.8)	1137	46.9% 44.9–48.9)
4-5 (moderate to heavy)	219	24.5% (21.6–27.3)	203	22.1% (19.4–24.8)	147	24.1% (20.7–27.5)	569	23.5% (21.8–25.2)
6–12 (heavy alcohol consumption)	149	16.7% (14.2–19.1)	185	20.1% (17.5–22.7)	77	12.6% (10.0–15.2)	411	16.9% (15.5–18.4)
Females
0 (abstainers)	214	24.6% (21.8–27.5)	306	32.6% (29.6–35.6)	393	59.5% (55.8–63.3)	913	37% (35.1–38.9)
1-2 (moderate)	450	51.8% (48.5–55.1)	478	50.9% (47.7–54.1)	210	31.8% (28.3–35.4)	1138	46.1% (44.1–48.1)
3 (moderate to heavy)	102	11.7% (9.6–13.9)	76	8.1% (6.3–9.8)	30	4.5% (3.0–6.1)	208	8.4% (7.3–9.5)
4–12 (heavy alcohol consumption)	103	11.9% (97–14)	80	8.5% (67–10.3)	27	4.1% (2.6–5.6)	210	8.5% (7.4–9.6)
Whole sample
Abstainers	310	17.6 % (15.8–19.4)	405	21.8% (19.9–23.7)	506	39.8% (37.1–42.5)	1221	24.9% (23.7–26.2)
Moderate	881	49.9% (47.6–52.3)	910	49% (46.7–51.2)	484	38.1% (35.4–40.8)	2275	46.5% (45.1–47.9)
Moderate to heavy	321	18.2% (16.4–20)	279	15% (13.4–16.6)	177	13.9% (12–15.8)	777	15.9% (14.9–16.9)
Heavy alcohol consumption	252	14.3% (12.7–15.9)	265	14.3% (12.7 –15.8)	104	8.2% (6.7–9.7)	621	12.7% (11.8–13.6)
Total AUDIT score
Males
0–7 (no problems)	701	78.3% (75.6–81.0)	733	79.8% (77.2–82.4)	529	86.6% (83.9–89.3)	1963	80.9% (79.4–82.5)
8–14 (some problems)	149	16.6% (14.2–19.1)	129	14% (11.8–16.3)	60	9.8% (7.5–12.2)	338	13.9% (12.6–15.3)
15–40 (alcohol use disorders)	45	5.0% (3.6–6.5)	57	6.2% (4.6–7.8)	22	3.6% (2.1–5.1)	124	5.1% (4.2–6.0)
Females
0–4 (no problems)	778	89.5% (87.5–91.6)	873	92.9% (91.2–94.5)	638	96.7% (95.3–98.0)	2289	92.7% (91.7–93.7)
5–10 (some problems)	75	8.6% (6.8–10.5)	55	5.9% (4.3–7.4)	20	3% (1.7–4.3)	150	6.1% (5.1–7.0)
11–27 (alcohol use disorders)	16	1.8% (0.9–2.7)	12	1.3% (0.6–2.0)	2	0.3% (0.1–0.7)	30	1.2% (0.8–1.6)
Whole sample
No problems	1479	83.8% (82.1–85.6)	1606	86.4% (84.8–88)	1167	91.8% (90.3–93.3)	4252	86.9% (85.9–87.8)
Some problems	224	12.7% (11.1–14.3)	184	9.9% (8.5–8.8)	80	6.3% (5–7.6)	488	10% (9.1–10.8)
Alcohol use disorders	61	3.5% (2.6–4.3)	69	3.7% (2.9–4.6)	24	1.9% (1.1–2.6)	154	3.1% (2.7–3.6)