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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2011 Oct 12;107(1):109–117. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03569.x

Table 1.

Non-pregnant Women’s Alcohol Consumption: Estimates and Confidence Intervals

Full samplea Non-pregnant, current reports only
Non-pregnant women’s consumption (N-
648)a
Proportion or
Mean
95%
Confidence
Interval
SPB (N=196)
Proportion/Mean
NNR (N=151)
Proportion/Mean
    Drinkers (proportion) 0.85 (0.78 – 0.91) 0.86 0.93
    Binge drinkers (proportion) 0.60 (0.50 – 0.68) 0.55e 0.77e
    Drinks/week, 8 or more (proportion) 0.02 (0.01–0.04) 0.03 0.01
    Drinks/week (mean) 2.12 (1.94 – 2.32) 2.06e 2.60e
      Drinks/week Drinkers only b 2.49 (2.30 – 2.69) 2.39 2.81
  At-risk for pregnancy (N=469)c
      Drinkers (proportion) 0.86 (0.79 – 0.90) 0.91 0.93
      Binge drinkers (proportion) 0.61 (0.53 – 0.69) 0.66 0.77
      Drinks/week (mean), drinkers 2.13 (1.93 – 2.35) 2.19 2.52
    Trying to conceive (N=222)d
        Drinkers (proportion) 0.78 (0.69 – 0.85) 0.86 0.94
        Binge drinkers (proportion) 0.51 (0.39 – 0.63) 0.61 0.72
        Drinks/Week (mean), drinkers 1.58 (1.39 – 1.79) 1.64 2.24
a

Full sample data include both non-pregnant women’s reports about current drinking and pregnant women’s retrospective reports about pre-pregnancy drinking

b

Drinkers only row excludes abstainers

c

At-risk for pregnancy - a subgroup of non-pregnant women who reported sexual activity without contraception during the past 6 months

d

Trying to conceive - a subgroup of non-pregnant women who reported sexual activity without contraception, with the intent to conceive, during the past 6 months

e

Indicates significant (αset=0.05) Bonferroni-adjusted Multiple Comparisons between SPB and NN