Table 1.

Past-Year Drinking Behavior by Drinking Category

	Nonbinge M (95% Cl)	Binge M (95% CI)	HID-2 M (95% CI)	HID-3 M (95% CI)	Wald F(3, 923–1995)a
Drinking frequency
Total	31.28 (27.30 to 35.28)234	75.72 (70.83 to 80.62)134	110.76 (104.07 to 117.45)124	143.91 (135.72 to 151.11)123	53.20
Men	48.84 (34.43 to 62.25)2*34	88.60 (79.18 to 98.02)1*34	123.20 (113.02 to 133.39)124	160.48 (150.51 to 170.45)123	16.91
Women	27.78 (23.96 to 31.59)234	70.37 (64.67 to 76.06)134	98.97 (90.25 to 107.68)124†	116.67 (103.75 to 129.60)123†	30.36
Drunk frequency
Total	0.31 (0.22 to 0.39)234	5.40 (4.61 to 6.19)134	17.68 (15.65 to 19.71)124	42.37 (37.81 to 46.93)123	21.48
Men	0.31 (0.08 to 0.54)2†3*4*	6.52 (5.04 to 7.99)1†34	20.50 (17.13 to 23.87)1*24	47.26 (41.51 to 53.01)1*23	10.07
Women	0.31 (0.21 to 0.40)234	4.93 (3.99 to 5.87)134	15.01 (12.74 to 17.29)123	34.33 (27.02 to 41.64)124	10.29
Binge frequency
Total	1.02 (0.29 to 1.75)234	11.45 (10.13 to 12.78)34	38.92 (35.18 to 42.66)124	78.18 (72.01 to 84.36)123	28.93
Men	0.68 (0.18 to 1.18)2*3*4	17.85 (15.03 to 20.66)1*34	46.94 (40.95 to 52.93)1*24	90.14 (82.37 to 97.91)1*23	18.95
Women	1.09 (0.22 to 1.96)2*3*4*	8.79 (7.35 to 10.23)1*34	31.33 (26.46 to 35.73)1*24	58.52 (49.32 to 67.73) 1*23	10.04
Typical quantity
Total	1.62 (1.59 to 1.66)234	2.47 (2.37 to 2.57)134	3.40 (3.24 to 3.56)124	4.74 (4.47 to 5.02)123	70.64
Men	1.80 (1.69 to 1.92)234	2.72 (2.53 to 2.90)134	3.58 (3.35 to 3.82)124	5.22 (4.84 to 5.61)123	31.13
Women	1.59 (1.56 to 1.63)234	2.37 (2.26 to 2.48)134	3.23 (3.02 to 3.44)124*	3.96 (3.61 to 4.32)123*	33.46

Frequency measured in 1-day units, quantity measured in standard drinks; all tests include age as a covariate

¹= differs from non-binge

²= differs from binge

³= differs from HID-2

⁴= differs from HID-3

Bonferroni corrected p = 0.004; all drinking groups differ from all others on every measure at p < 0.0001 unless noted.

^*p < 0.004.

^†p < 0.05.

^aAll significant at p < 0.0001.