title: Pattern of alcohol use associated with self-identified problem drinking.
abstract: To estimate the pattern and level of alcohol consumption leading to problem drinking, the drinking histories of 70 early stage problem drinkers were examined. An average consumption of four drinks (54 g/ethanol), on an average of three days/week, was the pattern that best separated the phase when patients were problem free from the phase when their drinking led to problems.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000209:etiology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors