Table 1.

Studies on Differences Between Men and Women in Alcohol Disappearance Rate

Study	N		Dose (g/kg)	β60
	Men	Women
Taylor et al. 1996	11	12	0.77 M; 0.67 W	M < W*
Ammon et al. 1996	6	6	0.3	M < W*
Thomasson 1995	45	45	0.6 M; 0.5 W	M < W*
Thomasson et al. 1995	56	56	0.54c	M < W*
Smith et al. 1993	11	9	0.8	M < W*
Frezza et al. 1990	14	17	0.3	M ~ W
Mishra et al. 1989	9	9a	0.6	M < W*
Sutker et al. 1987a	10	8	0.50 or 0.76	M < W*
Cole-Harding and Wilson 1987	75	63	0.8d	M < W*
Holtzman et al. 1985	7	5	45.0 g/day, fixed	M < W*
Martin et al. 1985	194	208b	0.75	M ~ W
Arthur 1984	10	10	0.5	M ~ W
Jones and Jones 1976a	10	20	0.5	M ~ W

β₆₀ = decrease of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) during concentration-independent phase of alcohol elimination (i.e., rate of disappearance); g/day = grams of alcohol per day; g/kg = grams of alcohol per kilogram of body weight; M = men; N = number of subjects; W = women; M < W* = significantly higher disappearance rate in women compared with men; M ~ W = no significant difference in disappearance rate.

^aStudy compared women with their male siblings.

^bTotal number of men and women reflect a mixture of monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs, some same-sex pairs and some not.

^cAverage dose; individual doses were adjusted according to a formula to produce a BAC of 0.08 percent.

^dSupplemental doses were administered to maintain peak BAC.

NOTE: Most of these studies show that women eliminate alcohol more quickly than men do, as measured by grams of alcohol per liter of blood per hour.