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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2015 Feb 21;132:1–9. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2015.02.014

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)