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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2018 Aug 29;42(10):1897–1908. doi: 10.1111/acer.13860

Table 1.

Demographics and Results for the analytical sample population by Sex. DD = drinking day, TBW = total body water, U = Usual drinking habits session, R = Resumption session (terminating abstinence interval), PAR = Post Abstinence Response index; ((R−U)/(R+U)/2), expressed as percent change.

Measure Units Women Men p value
Demographics

(total) White : African-American : Latino : Asian (23) 17 : 3 : 2 : 1 (27) 21 : 4 : 2 : 0
Age years 23.0 ± 0.4 23.8 ± 0.5 0.192
TBW liters 32.8 ± 0.8 47.4 ± 1.0 0.000
Drinking Days (DD) # out of 35 days 14.7 ± 0.8 15.6 ± 1.2 0.642
Heavy Drinking Days # out of 35 days 6.3 ± 0.6 7.6 ± 0.9 0.251
# Binges # out of 35 days 8.3 ± 0.6 9.6 ± 0.9 0.24
# Extreme Binges # out of 35 days 0.6 ± 0.3 2.0 ± 0.4 0.01
gmEtoh per week gm/wk 134 ± 10 196 ± 15 0.002
gmEtoh per week/TBW gm/wk per liter TBW 4.1 ± 0.3 4.1 ± 0.3 0.889
gmEtoh per DD gm/day 47.4 ± 3.5 68.6 ± 5.7 0.002
gmEtoh per DD/TBW gm/day per liter TBW 1.45 ± 0.10 1.45 ± 0.12 0.998
total gmEtoh in 35 D gm Ethanol 670 ± 50 980 ± 70 0.001
total gmEtoh in 35 D/TBW gm Ethanol per liter TBW 20.6 ± 0.2 20.6 ± 0.1 0.899
AUDIT # 9.4 ± 0.8 11.8 ± 1.0 0.087

RESULTS

Cumulative Work Data and PAR Calculations

U - alcohol # CAT trials 248 ± 31 476 ± 52 0.001
R - alcohol # CAT trials 285 ± 34 375 ± 45 0.121
PAR - alcohol % 16.3 ± 9.6 −24.8 ± 13.8 0.027
U - water # CAT trials 296 ± 40 179 ± 41 0.051
R - water # CAT trials 310 ± 48 221 ± 48 0.197
PAR water % −0.2 ± 14.4 25.3 ± 23.1  0.36

PAR calculations for baseline subjective perceptions

PARcraving % +33 ± 16 +35 ± 17  0.94
PARneeding % +21 ± 16 +30 ± 22  0.75
PARwanting % +24 ± 2 +2.5 ± 18  0.37