eligible if they were self-identified Latinos, aged 18 and older, who reported having had 2 or more drinks on any single day in their lifetime. We applied this alcohol use criterion because we aimed to recruit people with lifetime exposure to alcohol, recognizing that genetic liability [23] and physiological consequences of use [24] cannot be assessed in those abstain from drinking. These criterion also addressed the knowledge that Latinas tend to have lower rates of alcohol use than Latino men [22].
