Table 3 furnishes additional information about recent alcohol consumption among the 392 interviewees who consumed any alcohol in the 12 months prior to the interview (Figure 1). There were no significant age-related differences in typical weekly consumption, number of drinking weeks, maximum number of drinks in a 24-hour period, or weekly risky drinking (all FDR-adjusted p > 0.67). Weekly risky drinking was defined as typically drinking more than 7 (for females)/14 (for males) drinks every week in the past year (NIAAA, Rethinking Drinking). Specifically, relative to the 50 – 54 year old subjects, odds ratios [and 95% confidence intervals] of weekly risky drinking for 55 – 59, 60 – 64, and 65+ were 2.26 [0.94, 5.38], 0.86 [0.41, 1.84], and 0.95 [0.49, 1.87], respectively.
