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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2008 May;103(5):10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02181.x. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02181.x

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics

Beverage Studied
7.2% beer
(n=93)
Bourbon
(n=36)
Vodka
(n=43)
Total
(n=172)

Male* 72 (77.4%) 15 (41.7%) 13 (30.2%) 100 (58.1%)
Age
  Mean ± SD 28.9 ± 8.9 24.2 ± 2.6 24.2 ± 2.6 26.7 ± 7.2
  Range 21–57 21–31 21–31 21–57
Family history of drinking problems 26 (28.3%) 8 (22.2%) 11 (25.6%) 45 (26.2%)
Drinking practices
  Heavy drinker (≥ 4 drinks/day) 5 (5.4%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (2.3%) 6 (3.5%)
  Light to moderate drinker 88 (94.6%) 36 (100.0%) 42 (97.7%) 166 (96.5%)
  Smokers 17 (18.3%) 3 (8.3%) 3 (7.0%) 23 (13.4%)

P < .0001