What does it mean when people say that they have received expressions of concern about their drinking or advice to cut down on the AUDIT scale?

Table 1 Demographic characteristics compared between Audit-C risk groups

	Audit-C
	Risk Consumption (n = 2565)*	High risk consumption (n = 581)	p-value
Mean (SD) Age	33.2 (10.2)	33.7 (10.1)	.23
% Male	41.8	42.2	.89
% White	82.7	82.3	.86
% Some post-secondary education	73.7	57.3	.001
% Married/common law	48.1	40.6	.001
% Full/part-time employed	58.2	55.2	.19
% Family income < US$20,000	18.8	28.7	.001
% Past year treatment access^a	6.5	18.8	.001

*Risk consumption: Males: AUDIT-C score 4-8; Females: score 3-7; High risk consumption: Males: AUDIT-C score 9-12; Females: score 8-12
^aPast year treatment includes any use of Detox, Outpatient treatment, Inpatient treatment, or Counselling by a health care professional

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