TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of Mortality in Alcoholic Women
T2 - A Prospective Follow‐up Study
AU - Smith, Elizabeth M.
AU - Cloninger, C. Robert
AU - Bradford, Susan
PY - 1983/3
Y1 - 1983/3
N2 - An 11‐year follow‐up of 100 alcoholic women who were systematically interviewed and diagnosed during hospitalization found 31% dead, the majority as a result of alcohol‐related causes. There were over 4 times as many deaths in alcoholic women as expected in the general population. The life span of alcoholic women was shortened by over 15 years. Only those women who had abstained during the interval followlng hospitalization had fewer than expected deaths. Five variables correctly predicted survival status for 79% of the subjects (80% of survivors and 77% of those who died): older age at index, onset of alcoholism before age 30, history of frequent benders, primary diagnosis of antisocial personality, and short‐term drinking status.
AB - An 11‐year follow‐up of 100 alcoholic women who were systematically interviewed and diagnosed during hospitalization found 31% dead, the majority as a result of alcohol‐related causes. There were over 4 times as many deaths in alcoholic women as expected in the general population. The life span of alcoholic women was shortened by over 15 years. Only those women who had abstained during the interval followlng hospitalization had fewer than expected deaths. Five variables correctly predicted survival status for 79% of the subjects (80% of survivors and 77% of those who died): older age at index, onset of alcoholism before age 30, history of frequent benders, primary diagnosis of antisocial personality, and short‐term drinking status.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1983.tb05449.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1983.tb05449.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 6346929
AN - SCOPUS:0020633091
SN - 0145-6008
VL - 7
SP - 237
EP - 243
JO - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
JF - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
IS - 2
ER -