The two groups were comparable as to socio-demographic characteristics (age, education, family income, type of family,marital status and employment status), alcohol use history and
baseline assessment (AUDIT, MINI, DRS and CIWA-Ar) and laboratory investigations. CIWA-Ar ratings at admission of the two groups (FTDR = 15.5, STR = 13.4) were comparable with no significant statistical difference (Table 2).