Diagnosis of alcoholic liver disease

Table 3 Brief screening tests for alcohol use disorders[44,48]

Test	Questions	Scoring	Positive result
AUDIT-C	Q1: How often did you have a drink containing alcohol in the past year?		For women ≥ 3 points; for men ≥ 4 points
	Never	0 points
	Monthly or less	1 point
	Two to four times a month	2 points
	Two to three times per week	3 points
	Four or more times a week	4 points
	Q2: How many drinks did you have on a typical day when you were drinking in the past year?
	One or two	0 points
	Three or four	1 point
	Five or six	2 points
	Seven to nine	3 points
	Ten or more	4 points
	Q3: How often did you have six or more drinks on one occasion in the past year?
	Never	0 points
	Less than monthly	1 point
	Monthly	2 points
	Weekly	3 points
	Daily or almost daily	4 points
Single question screening test from NIAAA	How many times in the past year have you had five (four for women) or more drinks in a day?	One point per time	≥ 1 time
Three question screening test from NIAA	Q1: On average, how many days per week do you drink alcohol? Q2: On a typical day when you drink, how many drinks do you have? Q3: What is the maximum number of drinks you had on any given occasion during the past month		For men, > 14 drinks per week or > 4 drinks per occasion; for women or person older than 65 years, > 7 drinks per week or > 3 drinks per occasion

AUDIT-C: Alcohol use disorders identification test-consumption; NIAAA: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.