Table 1.

Consumption of ethanol (g/kg/day) during different phases of the experiment.

Group (n)	Voluntary consumption Age 3 months	Forced consumption Age 23 months	Voluntary consumption Age 24 months
Control (8)	5.3 ± 0.8	5.0 ± 0.6	5.5 ± 0.7
Ethanol (15)	5.2 ± 0.4	4.6 ± 0.4	4.7 ± 0.4

Mean daily consumption of ethanol as g of absolute ethanol/kg of body weight ± SEM. Apart from the 3-week test periods at the beginning and at the end of the experiment, the ethanol-exposed group had 10%–12% ethanol as the only source of fluid, while the control group was given only water to drink.