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Table 2 Comparison between the number of standard drinks on a typical day with the number of drinks/serves for Australian and USA students

From: Inaccuracies in survey reporting of alcohol consumption

 

Standard drinks

Drinks/Serves

P-value

Australiaa

5.41 (3.49)

5.40 (3.49)

0.977c

USb

6.58 (1.95)

4.70 (2.18)

< 0.001c

 US < 21 yrs

6.52 (1.83)

4.87 (2.16)

< 0.001 c

 US 21+ yrs

6.66 (2.13)

4.44 (2.19)

< 0.001 c

  1. a113 Australian students reported number of standard drinks and number of drinks/serves (i.e. 9 cases excluded from analysis due to one or more missing values); b285 US students (174 < 21 years and 111>/=21 years) reported number of stand drinks and number of drinks/serves; cIndependent t-test
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BMC Public Health

ISSN: 1471-2458

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