Table 2.
Frequency of men and women, and means (SDs) of age, body mass index (BMI), hours of sleep the previous evening, Epworth Sleepiness Scale score, Alcohol Hangover Scale (AHS) score, units of alcohol consumed the evening before hangover, usual weekly number of units of alcohol and estimated blood alcohol concentration (eBAC) the evening before hangover by family history of alcohol problems
| Variables | FHN | FHP |
|---|---|---|
| n = 32 | n = 17 | |
| Sex | ||
| Females | 23 (72%) | 13 (76%) |
| Males | 9 (28%) | 4 (24%) |
| Age* | 18.88 | 19.71 |
| (0.91) | (1.49) | |
| BMI | 23.16 | 22.33 |
| (2.64) | (2.93) | |
| Hours of sleep previous evening | 6.16 | 5.68 |
| (1. 82) | (1.14) | |
| Epworth Sleepiness Scale score | 7.00 | 8.18 |
| (3.41) | (3.64) | |
| AHS score | 27.81 | 28.12 |
| (10.18) | (8.11) | |
| Unitsa evening before hangover | 10.61 | 11.47 |
| (6.53) | (7.23) | |
| Usual weekly units | 14.50 | 14.29 |
| (15.63) | (10.49) | |
| eBAC (g%)b | 0.12 | 0.20 |
| (0.08) | (0.24) | |
FHN negative family history, FHP positive family history
aA unit of alcohol is a UK standard measure containing 8 g of ethanol
bWe chose not to exclude or modify two upper end outliers in the FHP eBAC data since there was no FHN v FHP difference on eBAC including these data
* p < 0.05