Table 1.
General characteristics of the study population by current, former, and never flushing status.
| Variables | Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) Scores | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Flusher | Former Flusher | Never Flusher | ||||||||||
| n | % | Mean | SD | n | % | Mean | SD | n | % | Mean | SD | |
| Primary Reason for Drinking | ||||||||||||
| Peer Pressure | 508 | 33.05 | 6.104 | 5.218 | 34 | 22.37 | 8.971 | 6.534 | 704 | 24.27 | 8.227 | 5.022 |
| Pleasure | 464 | 30.19 | 9.358 | 5.247 | 40 | 26.32 | 12.9 | 6.054 | 1163 | 40.09 | 12.095 | 5.811 |
| Stress/Depression | 346 | 22.51 | 8.821 | 5.657 | 56 | 36.84 | 10.554 | 6.608 | 648 | 22.34 | 10.685 | 5.848 |
| Boredom | 198 | 12.88 | 6.404 | 4.483 | 22 | 14.47 | 12.091 | 5.485 | 345 | 11.89 | 9.391 | 5.141 |
| Other | 21 | 1.37 | 4.524 | 3.558 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 41 | 1.41 | 8.171 | 5.928 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Male | 725 | 47.17 | 8.254 | 5.341 | 74 | 48.68 | 11.649 | 6.123 | 1460 | 50.33 | 10.556 | 5.401 |
| Female | 812 | 52.83 | 7.234 | 5.474 | 78 | 51.32 | 10.462 | 6.648 | 1441 | 49.67 | 10.372 | 6.139 |
| Year Level | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 483 | 31.42 | 7.594 | 5.47 | 50 | 32.89 | 12.96 | 6.55 | 927 | 31.95 | 10.385 | 5.791 |
| 2 | 470 | 30.58 | 8.223 | 5.526 | 56 | 36.84 | 10.661 | 7.242 | 954 | 32.89 | 10.65 | 5.859 |
| 3 | 277 | 18.02 | 8.072 | 5.36 | 23 | 15.13 | 9.13 | 3.468 | 480 | 16.55 | 10.367 | 5.666 |
| ≥4 | 307 | 19.97 | 6.805 | 5.196 | 23 | 15.13 | 9.696 | 5.329 | 540 | 18.61 | 10.361 | 5.724 |
| Major | ||||||||||||
| Humanities and Social Sciences | 734 | 47.76 | 7.691 | 5.496 | 79 | 51.97 | 11.342 | 6.145 | 1356 | 46.74 | 10.321 | 5.78 |
| Engineering/Natural Sciences | 624 | 40.6 | 7.825 | 5.372 | 58 | 38.16 | 10.828 | 6.837 | 1199 | 41.33 | 10.52 | 5.685 |
| Liberal Arts | 179 | 11.65 | 7.43 | 5.412 | 15 | 9.87 | 10.267 | 6.352 | 346 | 11.93 | 10.838 | 6.089 |
| Grade Point Average | ||||||||||||
| ≥4.0 | 239 | 15.55 | 7.31 | 4.98 | 13 | 8.55 | 7.846 | 4.828 | 414 | 14.27 | 10.408 | 5.626 |
| 3.5–4.0 | 559 | 36.37 | 7.161 | 5.264 | 54 | 35.53 | 10.463 | 5.878 | 1016 | 35.02 | 10.066 | 5.824 |
| 3.0–3.5 | 536 | 34.87 | 8.019 | 5.601 | 58 | 38.16 | 11.034 | 7.051 | 1035 | 35.68 | 10.309 | 5.599 |
| ≤3.0 | 203 | 13.21 | 8.916 | 5.74 | 27 | 17.76 | 13.741 | 5.887 | 436 | 15.03 | 11.817 | 6.057 |
| Allowance | ||||||||||||
| Q1 (Low) | 596 | 38.78 | 6.525 | 4.788 | 54 | 35.53 | 9.481 | 6.002 | 994 | 34.26 | 9.046 | 5.383 |
| Q2 | 396 | 25.76 | 7.697 | 5.559 | 45 | 29.61 | 10.267 | 6.214 | 758 | 26.13 | 10 | 5.315 |
| Q3 | 281 | 18.28 | 8.651 | 5.628 | 25 | 16.45 | 12.04 | 6.617 | 600 | 20.68 | 11.49 | 6.06 |
| Q4 (High) | 264 | 17.18 | 9.432 | 5.776 | 28 | 18.42 | 14.393 | 6.196 | 549 | 18.92 | 12.554 | 5.966 |
| Living Status | ||||||||||||
| Family Home | 814 | 52.96 | 7.022 | 5.222 | 82 | 53.95 | 10.829 | 6.348 | 1570 | 54.12 | 9.71 | 5.641 |
| Living Alone/Flatting | 369 | 24.01 | 9.247 | 5.976 | 43 | 28.29 | 11.791 | 7.21 | 747 | 25.75 | 11.857 | 6.007 |
| College Dorm | 354 | 23.03 | 7.712 | 4.989 | 27 | 17.76 | 10.481 | 5.228 | 584 | 20.13 | 10.714 | 5.498 |
| Smoking Status | ||||||||||||
| Current Smoker | 323 | 21.01 | 9.498 | 5.365 | 44 | 28.95 | 12.568 | 6.739 | 703 | 24.23 | 12.376 | 5.667 |
| Past Smoker | 86 | 5.6 | 10.721 | 6.001 | 10 | 6.58 | 12.3 | 5.187 | 118 | 4.07 | 12.534 | 5.724 |
| Non-Smoker | 1128 | 73.39 | 6.975 | 5.211 | 98 | 64.47 | 10.224 | 6.271 | 2080 | 71.7 | 9.701 | 5.642 |
| Underage Drinking | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 752 | 48.93 | 8.638 | 5.598 | 91 | 59.87 | 12.978 | 6.36 | 1431 | 49.33 | 12.151 | 5.864 |
| No | 785 | 51.07 | 6.831 | 5.122 | 61 | 40.13 | 8.148 | 5.326 | 1470 | 50.67 | 8.823 | 5.196 |
| Number of sororities/clubs | ||||||||||||
| None | 767 | 49.9 | 7.254 | 5.237 | 79 | 51.97 | 10.203 | 6.884 | 1512 | 52.12 | 10.458 | 5.747 |
| One | 611 | 39.75 | 7.866 | 5.343 | 54 | 35.53 | 11.907 | 5.506 | 1121 | 38.64 | 10.263 | 5.727 |
| Two or more | 159 | 10.34 | 9.358 | 6.328 | 19 | 12.5 | 12.053 | 6.561 | 268 | 9.24 | 11.343 | 6.109 |
| Total | 1537 | 33.49 | 7.715 | 5.434 | 152 | 3.31 | 11.039 | 6.405 | 2901 | 63.2 | 10.465 | 5.779 |