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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2012 Jun 15;36(9):1512–1518. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01758.x

Table 2.

Alcohol history

Age of onset of regular drinkinga Age when first got drunk Maximum drinks per dayb Maximum drinks per week Number of alcohol symptoms endorsed
Alcohol dependence 17.8 15.2 30.1 54.7 5.3
No dependence 20.8 18.2 9.9 10.7 0.7
Total 19.3 16.7 19.1 27.5 2.8
a

Regular drinking is defined as drinking once a month for 6 months or more

b

Largest number of alcoholic drinks consumed in 24 hours