. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2011 Nov 7;37(3):287–292. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.11.006

Table 2.

Baseline drinking measures and negative consequences by readiness to change group.

	Baseline N=299
	Not ready n=162	Unsure n=72	Ready n=65

	x̄ (sd)	x̄ (sd)	x̄ (sd)

average # of drinks per drinking day	1.7 (2.9)	2.0 (2.4)	2.7 (4.8)
# days drink per week	2.6 (2.3)	2.9 (2.2)	2.8 (2.3)
Maximum # of drinks per occasion	8.4 (6.7)	12.0 (9.2)	11.3 (11.1)^*
Usual Quantity	5.1 (3.4)	7.8 (12.4)	7.7 (6.9)^*
# of negative consequences	0.9 (2.0)	3.4 (3.8)	4.1 (4.5)^*

Post-hoc comparison:

p<.05 unsure, ready > not ready