Empirical Derived AUD Sub Types in the US general population: A Latent Class Analysis

This study examined the homogenous expression of DSM-5 based alcohol use disorder (AUD) latent subtypes.



Using data from the NESARC Wave 2 (n = 22,177) the typology was established utilising latent class analysis (LCA) and the model was further validated by multivariate regression on a range of covariates.



Three AUD classes based on a severity gradient and one non-problematic