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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 Jun 5;43(7):1344–1359. doi: 10.1111/acer.14082

Table 1.

Alcohol related outcomes examined across studies for potential gender convergences across the life course

Outcome Definition Publications
Acute on chronic liver failure 2+ extrahepatic organ failures in patients with cirrhosis Allen et al., 2016
Alcohol dependence Positive response to 1+ symptoms in at least 3 domains in DSM-IV Zemore et al., 2013
Alcohol-related Emergency Department visits Cases of acute alcohol poisoning and nondependent abuse White et al., 2018
Naeger, 2017
Alcohol-related hospital discharges Hospital discharges with diagnosis of alcoholic psychoses, alcohol dependence syndrome, nondependent abuse of alcohol, chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and alcohol poisoning Chen and Yoon, 2018
Kim et al., 2012
Alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities Death from motor vehicle collision involving alcohol consumption Macinko et al., 2015
Alcohol volume Frequency and quantity of past-year alcohol consumption Lui et al., 2018
Kerr et al., 2014
Kerr et al., 2012
Alcohol Use Disorder (DSM-IV AUD) Positive response to 1 or more of alcohol abuse criteria in DSM-IV or 3 or more of 7 alcohol dependence criteria over past 12 months Han et al., 2017
Grant et al., 2017
White et al., 2015
Binge drinking/Heavy drinking episodes (HDE) Consuming 5 or more drinks on one occasion (past 30 days: NSDUH, BRFSS, MTF, YRBS; past 12 months: NHIS (4 or more for women since 2014), NESARC (4 or more for women), NHANES, NAS, NSDUH; past 2-weeks: MTF [4 or more for women included in recent years]) Patrick et al., 2019
Cheng and Anthony, 2018
Fish and Baams, 2018
Grucza et al., 2018
Johnston et al., 2018
Lui et al., 2018
Schulenberg et al., 2018
Patrick et al., 2017
Grant et al., 2017
Breslow et al., 2017
Han et al., 2017
Patrick and Terry-McElrath, 2017
White et al., 2015
Keyes and Miech, 2013
Patrick et al., 2013
Chronic Liver Disease (CLD) Nonalcoholic liver disease and alcoholic liver disease Doycheva et al., 2017
Younossi et al., 2011
Cirrhosis Presence of liver cirrhosis Scaglione et al., 2015
Current drinking Having 1 or more alcoholic beverages over the last 30-day period Fish and Baams, 2018
Breslow et al., 2017
White et al., 2015
Daily alcohol use Consuming alcohol every day Schulenberg et al., 2018
Driving under the influence Operating motor vehicle under influence of alcohol, including a combination of alcohol and other substances Chen et al., 2017
Lipari et al., 2016
Ramirez et al., 2016
White et al., 2015
O’Malley and Johnston, 2013
Bergen et al., 2012
Frequent binge-drinking (FBD) More than 2 occasions of consuming more than 5 drinks in a row on one occasion in prior 2 weeks (MTF); 5+ drinks in a single sitting on a weekly basis (NAS) Jang et al., 2017
Polcin et al., 2014
High-intensity drinking (HID) Consuming more than 10 drinks on one occasion; consuming more than 15 drinks on one occasion Patrick et al., 2017
Patrick and Terry-McElrath, 2017
Patrick et al., 2013
Lifetime abstinence Never having consumed alcohol White et al., 2015
New incident drinking Consuming first full drink in prior 12 months Cheng and Anthony, 2017
Cheng et al., 2016
Seedall and Anthony, 2013
Number of drinking days per month Measure of frequency of consuming alcohol over 30 day period White et al., 2015
Pressure to alter drinking behavior Measure of informal and formal pressure to quit or change alcohol consumption Polcin et al., 2014
Substance abuse treatment Entry of publicly-funded substance abuse treatment centers for alcohol, other substances, or some combination McCabe and Arndt, 2012
30-day prevalence of intoxication Being intoxicated at least once within the last 30 days Schulenberg et al., 2018
Terry-McElrath and Patrick, 2016