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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2013 Feb 25;27(3):10.1037/a0031486. doi: 10.1037/a0031486

Table 1.

Drinking characteristics by NAS year and sexual orientation, inclusive of non-current drinkers.

Exclusively
heterosexual

(n=10,723)
Heterosexual
identity/ same
sex partners
(n=184)
Bisexual


(n=140)
Lesbian


(n=122)

Categorical measures*** % % % %

Drinking status
  Current drinker a 60.4 75.3 72.0 78.4
  Ex-drinker 14.4 12.3 13.4 11.0
  Never drinker 25.2 12.4 14.6 10.6
5+ Drinks on one occasion /past 12 mos a 12.9 35.3 35.4 33.5
2+ Drinks per day /past 12 months b 3.0 11.0 7.9 5.5
Intoxication /past 12 mos a 24.5 45.5 50.6 45.2
2+ Consequences /lifetime b 3.4 12.0 10.3 7.4
2+ Dependence symptoms /lifetime b 4.8 15.9 12.8 7.8
2+ Hazardous drinking Index a 14.3 39.4 40.4 36.3

Continuous measures*** x̅ (se) x̅ (se) x̅ (se) x̅ (se)

Past year volume a 99.9 (3.9) 259.0 (46.0) 252.8 (55.1) 245.2 (72.6)
# days 5+ drinking in past year b 4.0 (0.3) 14.3 (4.5) 18.6 (5.8) 13.8 (5.8)
Hazardous drinking index (range 0–5) a 0.5 (0.1) 1.2 (0.1) 1.2 (0.1) 0.9 (0.1)
***

all between group Chi square and ANOVA comparisons p < 0.001

a

p < 0.05 exclusively heterosexual group significantly lower than all other groups

b

p < 0.05 exclusively heterosexual group significantly lower than heterosexuals with same-sex partners and bisexuals

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