Table 1.

Ethanol consumption and preference during 24-hour three bottle free access (mean ± SEM; n’s = 24 for males and females). An asterisk (*) represents a significant difference between males and females (p<0.05)

	All Days (1–90)		First 10 days		Days 11–90
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
Total g/kg	4.61(0.3)	4.61 (0.3)	2.7 (0.3)	5.0 (0.5)*	4.9 (0.3)	4.6 (0.3)
8% g/kg	1.9 (0.2)	1.7 (0.2)	0.9 (0.1)	1.5 (0.2)*	2.1 (0.2)	1.7 (0.2)
16% g/kg	2.7 (0.2)	2.9 (0.3)	1.8 (0.2)	3.5 (0.5)*	2.8 (0.2)	2.9 (0.3)
EtOH Preference (%)	58.3(3.1)	47.3 (2.6)*	23.7 (2.4)	42.4 (3.2)*	62.6 (3.3)	47.9 (2.6)*
8% Preference (%)	34.3 (2.6)	24.9 (2.4)	11.6 (0.9)	19.3 (1.6)*	37.1 (2.9)	25.6 (2.6)*
16% Preference (%)	24.0 (2.0)	22.4 (2.0)	12.1 (1.6)	23.0 (3.0)*	25.5 (2.1)	22.3 (2.0)