Since the FHP group was comprised of an equal number of light drinkers and moderate drinkers, exploratory analyses, i.e., analyses not planned in the original design, were conducted to determine if drinking level altered the response to alcohol between light (n = 12) and moderate drinkers (n = 12) in the FHP group relative to the FHN group that consisted of light drinkers. The specific measures selected were based on measures that showed a group by dose or group by phase interaction between the FHN and FHP groups. Separate three-factor repeated measures analyses of variance (ANOVA) were conducted with Group (FHN, FHP light drinkers, FHP moderate drinkers) as the between-subjects factor and Phase (follicular and luteal), and Dose (0, 0.25, 0.75 g/kg) as within-subjects factors. Planned contrasts were used to compare FHP light drinkers to FHP moderate drinkers, FHP light drinkers to FHN women, and FHP moderate drinkers to FHN women.
