%0 Journal Article
%A Sanvisens, Arantza
%A Zuluaga, Paola
%A Rubio, Gabriel
%A Short, Antoni
%A Gual, Antoni
%A Álvarez, Francisco Javier
%A Torrens, Marta
%A Rodríguez de Fonseca, Fernando
%A Muga, Roberto
%A Estudio CohRTA, -
%T DSM-5 in patients seeking their first treatment for alcohol use disorder. Sex differences in the multicenter CohRTA study.
%D 2020
%@ 0214-4840
%U https://hdl.handle.net/10668/24843
%X We aimed to analyze sex differences in the DSM-5 criteria among patients admitted to  their first treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD). Assessment of AUD was carried out using DSM-5 diagnostic criteria in a multicenter study (CohRTA) within the Spanish Network on Addictive Disorders. Further, baseline questionnaires including socio-demographics, family history, lifetime alcohol consumption and other substance use, as well as clinical and laboratory parameters were obtained during admission. 313 patients (74.8%M) were eligible; mean age at first AUD treatment was 48.8 years (standard deviation (SD): 9.9 years). Age at onset of alcohol use was 15.9 years (SD: 3.3 years) and age at starting regular alcohol consumption was 25.6 years (SD: 9.6 years). Almost 69.3% of patients were tobacco smokers and 61% had family history of AUD. Regarding other substance use, 7.7% were current cocaine users and 18.2% were cannabis users. Women started regular alcohol consumption later than men (p DSM-5 detects sex differences in patients seeking their first AUD treatment. Social impairment and risky alcohol use are significantly more frequent in men.
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