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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Addict. 2011 Jul 18;20(5):468–475. doi: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00156.x

Table 4.

Drinking habits of 143 at-risk drinkers based on the AUDIT subgrouped according to who met the definition of a 0.08% binge drinker and those who did not meet 0.08% definition.

Met 0.08% Binge Definition Significance
Yes (n= 75) No (n=68)
AUDIT score 11.9 (4.5) 9.8 (2.5) **
Drinks 7.2 (2.0) 4.6 (1.5) **
Dose 1.8 (0.4) 1.0 (0.3) **
BAC 137.5 (41.0) 46.6 (24.3) **
Duration 4.1 (1.0) 4.3 (1.5) ns
Frequency 2.3 (1.1) 2.7 (1.4) *
History 60.8 (22.3) 73.6 (29.7) **
Body Weight 69.2 (12.6) 79.5 (14.6) **

AUDIT: total score. Drinks: number of standard drinks; Dose: milliliters of absolute alcohol per kilogram of body weight; BAC: calculated blood alcohol concentration mg/dl; Duration: length, in hours, of a drinking occasion; Frequency: number of drinking occasions per week; History: period since onset of regular alcohol use in months; Body weight in kg. Group differences based on independent samples t tests

*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01, ns=nonsignificant.