Table 1.

Frequency of Occurrence of Hangover Severity Types 1 to 6

Severity Type	Frequency	Percent	Cumulative percent	Men (%) N = 224	Women (%) N = 501
1 (a continuous decline hangover)	396	54.5	54.5	64.7	49.9*
2 (a steady state hangover)	139	19.1	73.6	11.6	22.4*
3 (an inverted U‐shaped curve hangover)	159	21.8	95.4	19.6	23.0
4 (a continuous increase hangover)	17	2.3	97.7	1.3	2.8
5 (a U‐shaped curve hangover)	12	1.7	99.4	2.2	1.4
6 (other patterns)	4	0.6	100.0	0.4	0.6
Overall	727	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Significant differences (p < 0.05) between men and women are indicated by *.