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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2010 Aug 3;68(8):689–696. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.06.005

Table 2.

Drinking history: Pattern of drinking behavior for men and women over the past 12 months before enrollment. Drinking binge is defined as >5 drinks in 2 hours for men and >4 drinks in 2 hours for women.
Men (n=11) Women (n=10) Sex diff.
p
Age of onset regular alcohol consumption (yrs) 18.6 ± 1.6 18.6 ± 1.4 0.96
Duration regular alcohol consumption (yrs) 5.5 ± 2.7 4.2 ± 1.5 0.22
Average no. of drinking days/week (past 12 mnths.) 2.8 ± 1.0 3.8 ± 1.0 0.05
Average no. drinks/week (past 12 months) 14.9 ± 5.9 17.6 ± 14.4 0.57
Average no. drinks/regular drinking occasion 5.5 ± 2.1 4.5 ± 2.5 0.32
Number of drinking binges (past 12 months) 23.5 ± 28.8 12.5 ± 15.0 0.29
Maximum no. drinks/24 hours (last 12 months): M 14.4 ± 6.6 7.5 ± 2.3 0.01
No. days M is consumed (past 12 months): frequency of M 5.2 ± 3.4 33.6 ± 42 0.04
Lifetime maximum no. drinks/24 hrs. 17.6 ± 9.5 10.3 ± 3.2 0.03