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. 2017 Jul 24;7:6213. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06305-w

Table 1.

Participant Demographics (Means and SD) Between Conditions.

Condition
Sober (n = 45) Alcohol (n = 43) t/χ2 p
Age 22.53 (7.28) 24.02 (9.29) −0.84 0.404
Education (years) 14.91 (2.64) 16.15 (1.71) −2.58 0.011*
Body mass index (BMI) 23.15 (4.66) 24.11 (4.64) −0.95 0.344
Alcohol used (years) 5.99 (5.15) 7.93 (8.05) −1.29 0.202
Alcohol use (days in month) 5.25 (3.61) 6.97 (4.62) −1.83 0.071
Amount used in typical session (g) 73.99 (48.95) 63.91 (36.54) 1.09 0.278
Days since last use 15.67 (54.05) 4.40 (5.21) 1.45 0.151
Amount last used (g) 58.84 (57.58) 60.36 (52.83) −0.13 0.899
AUDIT score 10.73 (5.99) 10.26 (4.95) 0.41 0.685
RAPS4 score 6.02 (1.08) 5.91 (0.90) 0.55 0.587
Blackout Questionnaire score 3.51 (1.47) 3.65 (1.34) −0.47 0.643
Oral Contraceptive, (n) 6 14 5.37 0.020*
Tobacco use, (n) 22 21 0.00 0.996

The self-report measures: high AUDIT scores indicate increased harmful drinking behaviour; high RAPS4 scores indicate higher alcohol dependence; high Blackout Questionnaire scores indicate increased experience of blackouts when intoxicated.