Table 2.

Past month binge drinking after versus before RCL implementation among US individuals among different age groups between 2008–2019

% who reported binge drinking
Age group	After MCL/Before RCL	After MCL/After RCL	AOR (95% CI)
12–20	27.2	22.32	0.77 (0.70, 0.85)
21–30	39.69	38.56	0.95 (0.90, 1.02)
31–40	27.66	29.45	1.09 (1.01, 1.19)
41–50	21.96	24.43	1.15 (1.05, 1.26)
51+	12.43	14.27	1.17 (1.06, 1.30)

Note: For point estimates with corresponding lower limit 95% confidence interval (LL95%CI) greater than 1, we estimated e-values to quantify the minimum strength of the relationship between an unmeasured/uncontrolled confounder and both our exposure (RCL) and outcome (binge drinking) needed to reduce the aOR and the lower limit of the 95% confidence interval (LL95%CI) to the null. For age group 12–20 years these were: ae-value for aOR = 1.92 & LL95%CI = 1.62, age group 31–40 years these were: ae-value for aOR = 1.41 & LL95%CI = 1.08, age group 41–50 years these were: ae-value for aOR = 1.56 & LL95%CI = 1.26, age group 51+ these were: ae-value for aOR = 1.62 & LL95%CI = 1.31

Individual and state-level predictors: state random effects, year fixed effects, gender, race/ethnicity, family income, and urbanicity, % white, % male, % ages 10–24, % of adults (<25) with at least a high school education, unemployment, and state’s median household income, State Alcohol Policy Score (SAPS).