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Table 2 Alcohol consumption and %BAC at interview and total expected alcohol consumption on the night out

From: Drinking behaviours and blood alcohol concentration in four European drinking environments: a cross-sectional study

  

Females

Males

  

Netherlands

Slovenia

Spain

UK

Pa

Netherlands

Slovenia

Spain

UK

Pa

% having preloaded

(including botellón in Spainb)

58.8

38.2

59.0

70.3

< 0.001

54.5

32.6

60.5

51.0

< 0.001

Median grams of alcohol reported to have been consumed by interview

54.4

50.4

50.4

56.8

0.147

92.8

64.0

70.4

104.0

< 0.001

% having consumed drink type by interview

Lager/Beer

55.6

32.6

21.2

16.1

< 0.001

85.4

56.1

40.5

75.0

< 0.001

 

Cider

1.2

0

0

9.3

< 0.001

0.8

0

0

14.4

< 0.001

 

Wine

60.5

46.1

22.7

28.8

< 0.001

9.8

25.8

9.1

7.7

< 0.001

 

Alcopops

9.9

1.1

30.3

16.1

< 0.001

7.3

1.5

28.1

5.8

< 0.001

 

Spirits

35.8

59.6

71.2

85.6

< 0.001

26.8

58.3

74.4

71.2

< 0.001

% of grams of alcohol reported by overall sample accounted for by drink type c

Lager/Beer

39.6

17.2

14.0

12.0

 

79.2

35.2

20.8

53.1

 
 

Cider

0.5

0.0

0.0

4.9

 

1.1

0.0

0.0

8.2

 
 

Wine

37.6

45.8

11.8

20.7

 

3.4

24.6

3.8

3.8

 
 

Alcopops

3.5

0.5

9.6

5.9

 

2.0

0.9

12.1

1.2

 
 

Spirits

18.8

36.5

64.7

56.5

 

14.3

39.3

63.3

33.6

 

Median %BAC d at interview

0.07

0.05

0.06

0.10

< 0.001

0.09

0.08

0.07

0.13

< 0.001

% with BAC > 0.08%

34.6

34.8

34.8

58.5

< 0.001

58.7

50.8

47.1

70.9

0.002

Median expected grams of alcohol to be consumed over the remainder of the night e

22.4

17.6

16.8

40.0

< 0.001

33.6

18.4

16.8

62.4

< 0.001

Median grams of alcohol over whole night f

76.8

66.4

72.0

104.8

< 0.001

139.2

79.2

87.2

176.8

< 0.001

% expecting to binge drink g

80.5

67.9

63.8

82.5

0.026

85.8

61.6

72.3

96.0

< 0.001

  1. Statistics use chi squared and Kruskal-Wallis. Missing data: preloading n = 13; drinks types/grams of alcohol at interview n = 9; BAC n = 3.
  2. aP between locations; bSpain: males 24.4% preload, 36.1% botellón, females 27.9% preload, 31.1% botellón. cTotal grams of alcohol consumed by interview for individuals within each category were summed by drink type to show the proportion of grams reported by the sample that was accounted for by different drink types. d milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood; legal driving limits are 0.08%BAC in the UK and 0.05% BAC in Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain. e Limited to the 691 individuals who were able to provide an estimate. f Including grams of alcohol consumed by interview and expected additional grams over the remainder of the night. gSum of grams consumed by interview and expected additional grams over the remainder of the night greater than 48.0 grams for females and 64.0 grams for males.