THE ‘TOPPING-UP’ EFFECT: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LOW-AND NON-ALCOHOLIC LAGER ON BLOOD ETHANOL

The peak blood alcohol levels attained in male and female subjects after consumption of 3 pints of regular lager (4.2%) over a 30 mm period was 73.5 ± 6.9 mg% in males and 113 ± 17 mg% in females. Peak values occurred at 60 and 90 min post-ingestion in males and females, respectively. Consumption of...

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Published in:Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford) 1991, Vol.26 (4), p.399-402
Main Authors: WARD, ROBERTA J., MACPHERSON, ANDREW J. S., PEEK, GILES, BAILEY, MARK E. S., PETERS, TIMOTHY J.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Alcohol Drinking - blood
Alcoholic Beverages
Alcoholism and acute alcohol poisoning
Beverages
Biological and medical sciences
Ethanol - blood
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Sex Factors
Time Factors
Toxicology
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Summary:The peak blood alcohol levels attained in male and female subjects after consumption of 3 pints of regular lager (4.2%) over a 30 mm period was 73.5 ± 6.9 mg% in males and 113 ± 17 mg% in females. Peak values occurred at 60 and 90 min post-ingestion in males and females, respectively. Consumption of 3 pints of low-alcohol lager gave a maximum blood alcohol level of 13 mg% while there was no measurable blood alcohol Content after three pints of non-alcohol lager. ‘Topping-up’ with a non-alcohol lager after 2 pints of regular lager leads to significantly lower blood alcohol levels when compared with ‘topping-up’ with low-alcohol lager over a comparable lime in males but not in females.
ISSN:0735-0414
1464-3502
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a045130