Table 1.

Alcohol drinking pattern in habitual alcohol drinking (HAD) rats and binge alcohol drinking (BAD) rats at pre-conceptional, gestational, and post-gestational time.

		Pre-conception		Gestation		Post-gestation
		HAD	BAD	HAD	BAD	HAD	BAD
Body weight (g)		260.8 ± 2.2	249.5 ± 4.3*	316.0 ± 3.6	303.1 ± 6.2	272.5 ± 6.2	267.3 ± 4.1
Mean alcohol consumption (g/kg)	1 h	0.77 ± 0.1	3.4 ± 0.1◦◦◦	2.5 ± 0.2	2.4 ± 0.2	3.5 ± 0.5	3.5 ± 0.4
	24 h	3.5 ± 0.1	8.1 ± 0.3◦◦◦	3.4 ± 0.4	5.4 ± 0.6*	5.6 ± 0.6	8.5 ± 0.4**
Alcohol preference %	1 h	52.0 ± 0.3	65.3 ± 0.8◦◦◦	55.8 ± 1.8	65.0 ± 2.2**	47.9 ± 3.8	55.0 ± 3.5
	24 h	38.8 ± 0.2	54.8 ± 1.1◦◦◦	40.1 ± 2.7	48.4 ± 2.4*	40.8 ± 4.2	49.0 ± 2.3

Data refer to mean ± SEM of alcohol consumption and preference of female rats (n = 8) along the 18 weeks of HAD and BAD paradigms.

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01 Student's t-test;

^◦◦◦p < 0.001 Mann–Whitney test.