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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013 May 17;37(10):1779–1786. doi: 10.1111/acer.12159

Table 2.

Average proportion of 18 weeks during which NIAAA guidelines were exceeded

Male
Female
% 95% CI % 95% CI
All students (n=992)
 Exceeded NIAAA guidelines (weekly or daily) 0.28 [0.25–0.30] 0.25 [0.23–0.28]
 Exceeded daily and weekly 0.12 [0.10–0.14] 0.15 [0.13–0.17]
 Exceeded daily limit 0.27 [0.25–0.30] 0.25 [0.23–0.27]
 Exceeded weekly limit 0.12 [0.10–0.14] 0.15 [0.14–0.17]
 ♀ Exceeded 80% of men's weekly limit (i.e., 11 drinks) 0.12 [0.10–0.14] 0.08 [0.07–0.09]
Ever drinkers only (n=762)
 Exceeded NIAAA guidelines (weekly or daily) 0.37 [0.34–0.41] 0.32 [0.29–0.35]
 Exceeded daily and weekly 0.16 [0.14–0.19] 0.19 [0.17–0.21]
 Exceeded daily limit 0.37 [0.34–0.40] 0.32 [0.29–0.34]
 Exceeded weekly limit 0.16 [0.14–0.19] 0.19 [0.17–0.22]
 ♀ Exceeded 80% of men's weekly limit (i.e., 11 drinks) 0.16 [0.14–0.19] 0.10 [0.09–0.12]

Note: Proportions were first calculated per participant, and then averaged across participants