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Table 3 Performance of ASSIST-FC scores by gender

From: Test characteristics of shorter versions of the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) for brief screening for problematic substance use in a population sample from Israel

 

AUC (95% CI)

 

Substance

Men

Women

Difference in AUC (95% CI)a

Tobacco

0.96 (0.95, 0.97)

0.96 (0.95, 0.97)

0.00 (-0.01, 0.02)

Alcohol

0.85 (0.82, 0.88)

0.87 (0.83, 0.91)

-0.01 (-0.06, 0.04)

Cannabis

0.93 (0.92, 0.95)

0.94 (0.92, 0.96)

-0.01 (-0.04, 0.02)

Cannabis (8 + threshold)

0.94 (0.91, 0.96)

0.95 (0.92, 0.97)

-0.01 (-0.05, 0.03)

Sedatives

0.95 (0.91, 0.99)

0.95 (0.90, 0.99)

0.01 (-0.05, 0.06)

Prescription stimulants

0.91 (0.87, 0.96)

0.96 (0.93, 0.99)

-0.04 (-0.10, 0.01)

Prescription painkillers

0.93 (0.88, 0.98)

0.92 (0.86, 0.98)

0.01 (-0.07, 0.09)

  1. FC = frequency and concern; AUC = area under the curve; CI = confidence interval
  2. a AUC differ significantly where the 95% CI around the difference does not include 0; no differences were significant
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