Table 1.
Demographic and behavioral data for binge drinkers and alcohol abstinent controls.
| BD N = 20 Mean (SD) |
AAC N = 16 Mean (SD) |
t (34) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Male | 50% | 37,5% | z = -0.740 | |
| % Female | 50% | 62,5% | ||
| % Caucasian | 100 | 100 | ||
| Age | 20.45 (1.60) | 21.00 (1.71) | .99 | |
| Age of BD onset | 17.45 (1.08) | — | ||
| AUDIT (total score) | 11.20 ± 3.25 | .62 ± 1.20 | -13.43*** | |
| Number of times of BD per month | 3.57 ± 1.87 | 0 | -8.54*** | |
| Number of months with BD pattern | 35.90 ± 14.03 | 0 | -11.44*** | |
| Grams of alcohol consumed per week | 151 ± 44.27 | 0 | -14.78*** | |
| Speed of drinking (gr/h during BD episodes) | 34.50 ± 8.26 | 0 | -18.69*** | |
| Percentage of times getting drunk when drinking | 43.25 ± 20.41 | 0 | -9.48*** | |
| Tobacco Smokers | 7 | 0 | ||
| Occasional users of Cannabis | 2 | 0 | ||
AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; BD, binge drinking; AAC, alcohol-abstinent control; SD, standard deviation.
All p-values reported are for 2-tailed independent samples t-tests, except for the variable gender for which a Mann-Whitney test was calculated.
***P < 0.001.