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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2017 Dec 5;42(1):128–134. doi: 10.1111/acer.13540

Table 2.

Agreement between PEth and self-reported drinking status, by wave

Self-reported hazardous drinking Kappa Self-reported any drinking Kappa


Yes No Yes No
Drinking status by PEth
50ng/ml as cut-off

  PEth at baseline
   ≥50ng/ml (Yes) 46(23.7) - 46(23.7) -
   <50ng/ml (No) 148(76.3) - 148(76.3) -
  PEth at 2 month
   ≥50ng/ml (Yes) 34(32.1) 12(15.6) 40(27.6) 4(12.1)
   <50ng/ml (No) 72(67.9) 65(84.4) .149* 105(72.4) 29(87.9) .071
   PEth at 7 month
   ≥50ng/ml (Yes) 23(58.9) 26(23.8) 33(38.8) 16(20.0)
   <50ng/ml (No) 33(41.1) 83(76.2) .178* 52(61.2) 64(80.0) .186**
8ng/ml as cut-off

  PEth at baseline
   ≥8ng/ml (Yes) 92(47.4) - 92(47.4) -
   <8ng/ml (No) 102(52.6) - 102(52.6) -
  PEth at 2 month
   ≥8ng/ml (Yes) 58(54.7) 27(35.1) 72(49.7) 9(27.3)
   <8ng/ml (No) 48(45.3) 50(64.9) .189** 73(50.3) 24(72.7) .128*
  PEth at 7 month
   ≥8ng/ml (Yes) 35(62.6) 43(39.4) 50(58.8) 28(35.0)
   <8ng/ml (No) 21(37.4) 66(60.6) .210* 35(41.2) 52(65.0) .238*

Note.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.