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Table 6 Number (and percentage) of students reporting a perceived drinking norm within each gender-adjusted ordinal category

From: An exploratory cluster randomised trial of a university halls of residence based social norms marketing campaign to reduce alcohol consumption among 1st year students

Ā 

Intention to treat

Per protocol

Ā 

Intervention

Control

Seen

Not seen

Non-drinker

16 (6.8)

19 (6.8)

28 (7.3)

6 (5.4)

Within recommended limits*

92 (39.3)

102 (36.4)

143 (37.2)

43 (38.7)

Slightly hazardous**

42 (18.0)

36 (12.9)

63 (16.4)

14 (12.6)

Hazardous***

45 (19.2)

67 (23.9)

79 (20.6)

28 (25.2)

Harmful****

39 (16.7)

56 (20.0)

71 (18.5)

20 (18.0)

Geometric mean units per week (and 95% CI) - drinkers only

17.7 (15.6 to 20.2)

18.7 (16.6 to 21.0)

18.3 (16.5 to 20.3)

17.9 (14.8 to 21.6)

Geometric mean units per week (and 95% CI)

14.8 (12.7 to 17.3)

15.6 (13.5 to 18.0)

15.0 (12.6 to 19.4)

15.7 (13.3 to 17.0)

Median units per week

18

20

18

19

Mean AUDIT C score

6.4 (6.1 to 6.8)

6.5 (6.2 to 6.9)

6.5 (6.2 to 6.8)

6.4 (5.8 to 7.1)

ā€˜Higher riskā€™ drinkers

204 (86.1)

249 (87.4)

338 (86.7)

100 (87.7)

Median units on heaviest drinking occasion

17.5

16

17

17

  1. *1-14 units for women; 1ā€“21 for men; **15-21 for women; 22 to 28 for men; *** 22ā€“35 for women; 29 to 50 for men; **** >35 for women; >50 for men.