Blood alcohol concentration and self-reported alcohol ingestion in acute poisoned patients who visited an emergency department

Table 2 A comparison of the general characteristics of acute drug poisoned patients between alcohol and non-alcohol group

	Non-alcohol group	Alcohol group	p-value
	(n = 88)	(n = 167)
Sex (n, %)
Male	26 (26.8)	71 (73.2)	0.043
Female	62 (39.2)	96 (60.8)
Age (years) ^*	36 (27–51)	41 (31–50)	0.119
15-24 (n, %)	19 (21.6)	20 (12.0)	0.035
25-34 (n, %)	22 (25.0)	30 (18.0)
35-44 (n, %)	19 (21.6)	57 (34.1)
45-54 (n. %)	12 (13.6)	30 (18.0)
55-64 (n, %)	4 (4.6)	16 (9.6)
≥65 (n, %)	12 (13.6)	14 (8.4)
Elapsed time after exposure (hour) ^*	2.0 (0.7 – 3.2)	1.3 (0.5 – 2.5)	0.219
Suicide attempt (n, %)	75 (85.2)	152 (91.0)	0.160

^* Median value with interquartile range, statistical analyses were performed by Mann–Whitney U test.