Table 3.

Mean protective behavior subscores and total scores^a, by gender.

	Female (n=187)	Male (n=101)	P value
Limiting drinking score	18.8 (5.8)b	17.5 (5.8)	0.057
Manner of drinking score	15.9 (4.1)	13.9 (4.2)	0.000
Serious harm reduction score	13.1 (2.2)	11.3 (2.7)	0.000
Total protective behavior score	47.8 (9.9)	42.7 (10.3)	0.000

^aTotal protective score (TPS) is the sum of all 15 items on the Protective Behavioral Strategies Survey (see Table 2), with the possible range of 15 to 75. Limiting drinking score (LDS) is the sum of items 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11 and 12 with the possible range of 7 to 35. Manner of drinking score (MDS) is the sum of items 5, 9, 13, 14 and 15 with the possible range of 5 to 25. Serious harm reduction score (SHRS) is the sum of items 1, 7 and 8 with the possible range of 3 to 15

^bStandard deviations in parentheses.