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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 Jul 18;35(10):1794–1803. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01522.x

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and substance use history of participants. Asterisks indicate a significant difference between the groups (Independent Samples t-test, p=0.001)

Group Alc0 Group Alc30
N 11 14
Age (mean ± SD) 25.7 ± 2.7 26.4 ± 3.8
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)* 23.0 ± 1.6 25.6 ± 1.8
Race (N / %):
 European-American 7 / 64 7 / 50
  African-American 3 / 27 4 / 29
  Asian-American 0 / 0 1 / 7
  Other 1 / 9 2 / 14
Current Drug Use (mean ± SD)
  Alcoholic drinks/wk 4.6 ± 4.6 4.4 ± 3.3
  Caffeine cups/wk 6.8 ± 4.2 5.4 ± 5.0
  Cigarettes/wk 0.0 ± 0.0 0.1 ± 0.3§
  Marijuana times/month 0.2 ± 0.4 0.9 ± 1.5
Lifetime Drug Use (N / % ever used)
  Stimulants 2 / 18 4 / 29
  Sedatives 1 / 9 1 / 7
  Hallucinogens 3 / 27 4 / 29
  Opiates 1 / 9 4 / 29
  Marijuana 8 / 73 12 / 86
  Inhalants 2 / 18 2 / 14
Full Time Student (N / %) 2 / 18 2 / 14
§

One participant smoked one cigarette per week in the Alc30 group.