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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Stud Alcohol. 2004 Nov;65(6):774–781. doi: 10.15288/jsa.2004.65.774

Table 1.

Summary Statistics of the Aggregated 90 Day Assessment Period for the First and Second TLFB Measurement Occasions

First Assessment
Second Assessment
Item Mean Median SD Max n Mean Median SD Max n
Maximum drinks 12.0 9.0 13.3 80 70 11.2 8.0 11.2 70 70
Drinking days 16.1 7.0 22.1 88 68 16.3 8.0 21.6 89 69
Heavy drinking daysa 13.4 6.0 20.0 88 49 11.5 5.0 16.5 89 48
Total drinks 152.8 37.0 521.3 4251 68 147.9 38.0 524.5 4331 69
Marijuana use days 23.8 9.0 30.5 90 44 26.2 11.0 30.8 90 42
Cocaine use days 14.8 5.5 22.1 81 14 13.1 4.0 16.4 46 15
Amphetamine use days 14.0 14.0 0.0 14 1 7.0 7.0 0.0 7 1
OTC stimulant days 24.7 12.0 31.0 60 3 20.3 1.0 33.5 59 3
Sedative use days 27.9 21.0 28.3 81 8 29.3 18.0 30.5 87 7
Opiate use days 29.3 11.5 40.7 90 4 21.6 14.5 29.2 90 8
Hallucinogen use days 1.3 1.0 0.5 2 4 1.2 1.0 0.4 2 6
Inhalant use days 6.0 6.0 0.0 6 1 21.0 21.0 0.0 21 1
Injection drug use days 18.0 18.0 0.0 18 1 8.0 8.0 0.0 8 1
Composite drug use daysb 23.4 8 31.8 116 34 23.7 7.0 33.7 140 34
Drug or alcohol use days 30.4 17.0 31.2 90 80 31.0 19.5 31.0 90 80

Note. Statistics are computed on users only. TLFB = Timeline Follow Back; OTC = over-the-counter

a

Heavy drinking day is defined as a day when 5 or more drinks are consumed.

b

Composite variable created by summing drug use over all substances, excluding alcohol and marijuana