Table 3.

Pattern of drinking-related variables and its association with high-very high Drinker Inventory of Consequences total and subscale score

	Total score (%)		Physical (%)		Inter personal (%)		Intra personal (%)		Impulse control (%)		Social responsibility (%)
	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High
Initiated alcohol use at 18 years or earlier	30.0	48.0	30.8	47.8	31.0	52.9	31.1	43.3	31.6	50.0	27.9	46.9
Amount of alcohol consumed ≥100 g in a single occasion	30.0	68.0*	32.7	65.2*	34.5	70.6*	33.3	56.7*	38.6	55.6	25.6	55.6*
Presence of morning drinking	54.0	88.0*	51.9	95.7*	58.6	88.2*	48.1	90.0*	61.4	77.8	53.5	81.3*
Consuming >1 type of alcoholic beverages in one drinking occasion	46.0	60.0	48.1	56.5	48.3	53.3	40.0	66.7*	45.6	66.7	41.5	62.9
Most common beverage used - locally produced alcohol	58.0	60.0	48.1	82.6*	56.9	62.7	53.3	66.7	61.4	50.0	55.8	62.5
Drinking throughout the day	10.0	52.0*	7.7	60.9*,#	13.8	58.8*	8.9	46.7*,#	21.1	33.3	11.6	40.6
Most common place for drinking outside home	60.0	72.0	61.5	69.6	62.1	70.6	60.0	70.0	61.4	72.2	55.8	75.0
Drinks alcohol mostly alone	66.0	72.0	65.4	73.9	63.8	82.4	71.1	63.3	64.9	77.8	56.9	43.1
Drinks alcohol in gulps (rather than sips)	48.0	62.0	48.1	56.5	50.0	52.9	48.9	53.3	43.3	72.7*	41.9	62.5
Intoxication while drinking on most occasions	4.0	16.0	3.8	17.4*,#	5.2	17.6	4.4	13.3	7.0	11.1	2.3	15.6*,#

*Significant atP<0.05; ^#Fisher’s exact test