From this sample and the variables examined, a number of conclusions follow. First, several measures of QFT distinguish between drinking patterns of mothers of children with diagnoses within FASD and unexposed controls; and a few even distinguish between FAS and exposed controls and between exposed and unexposed controls. Few summary alcohol use measures have been identified before that have made these distinctions between drinking patterns that lead to the birth of children with and without an FASD. Second, even though they do not drink the most alcohol 3 months prior to pregnancy, the mothers of FAS and PFAS children in this population drink consistently in a binge fashion (primarily on weekends) throughout the entire pregnancy and taper off the least in later pregnancy. Third, on average, mothers of children with ARND drink the most per week 3 months prior to pregnancy, and drink almost as much as the mothers of children with PFAS in the first trimester. But overall, mothers of children with ARND cut down more in the middle and later stages of pregnancy, yet when they do drink,
