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. 2009 Sep 28;44(6):586–593. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agp051

Table 1.

Comparisons of mean ages and drinking habits in men and women in each experiment

N Age Drinks Dose Frequency
Study Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Marczinski et al. (2008) 20 20 22.5 (2.3) 22.2 (1.8) 5.2 (1.8) 4.6 (2.0) 1.2 (0.4) 1.2 (0.6) 2.1 (1.4) 2.0 (1.1)
Marczinski and Fillmore (in press) 16 12 22.0 (1.3) 23.5 (3.1) 6.5 (3.5) 4.8 (2.0) 1.4 (0.7) 1.1 (0.6) 2.5 (1.7) 2.1 (1.2)
Harrison and Fillmore (2005) 8 8 22.3 (1.2) 22.4 (1.4) 6.5 (3.4) 4.4 (2.0) 1.4 (0.7) 1.2 (0.5) 2.1 (1.4) 2.5 (1.4)
Weafer and Fillmore (2008) 14 12 21.9 (1.1) 21.9 (1.7) 6.9 (3.2) 4.8 (2.4) 1.6 (0.8) 1.3 (0.7) 1.9 (0.7) 2.5 (1.5)
Marczinski and Fillmore (2006) 6 6 25.5 (3.6) 23.7 (2.6) 4.5 (2.2) 3.8 (1.3) 1.1 (0.6) 1.0 (0.4) 2.3 (1.2) 2.2 (1.5)
Fillmore and Van Selst (2002) 7 5 24.3 (3.9) 24.0 (2.1) 4.8 (2.7) 5.1 (1.8) 0.9 (0.4) 1.5 (0.4) 2.9 (2.0) 1.9 (0.9)
Fillmore et al. (2009)a 10 10 23.8 (3.8) 22.5 (2.1) 11.7 (7.8) 6.1 (4.5)

Standard deviations reported in parentheses.

Drinks = the number of standard drinks consumed per drinking occasion.

Dose = milliliters of absolute alcohol per kilogram of body weight typically consumed during a single drinking occasion.

Frequency = number of drinking occasions per week.

aMeasures of dose and frequency were not collected by Fillmore et al. (2009).