Chunk #24 — RESULTS — Consistency in Reports of Age at First Drink and Categorization as an Early Initiator

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Reporting bias in the association between age at first alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking.

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Age at the time of first interview varied across reporting groups (F (2, 1713) = 78.30; p<0.001). Mean age was lowest for Group 3 (M=16.36; SD=2.23), followed by Groups 2 (M=17.60; SD=2.07) and 1 (M=18.33; SD=2.04).