Citation

Kruisselbrink LD, Bervoets AC, de Klerk S, van de Loo AJAE, Verster JC. Addict. Behav. Rep. 2017; 5: 14-18.

Affiliation

Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.abrep.2017.01.001

PMID

29450223

PMCID

PMC5800592

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Resistance to alcohol hangover may be a risk factor for alcohol use disorder. Previous research to establish the prevalence of hangover resistance in a drinking population has either not used comparable intoxication levels or has considered hangover resistance over a limited time frame. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of BACKGROUND: hangover negative (LHN) drinkers across comparable eBAC values ranging from 0 to 500 mg/dl.

METHODS: Students at an eastern Canadian university were surveyed about their heaviest drinking episode in the past month and indicated whether they had ever experienced a hangover in their lifetime (LHN) and, if they had, the hangover severity they experienced the next day. eBACs were calculated and the percentage of LHN drinkers was computed at each 10 mg/dl eBAC increment from 0 to 500 mg/dl.

RESULTS: Most LHN drinkers (58% female, 71% male) had an eBAC on their heaviest drinking occasion below 80 mg/dl. Above eBACs of 80 mg/dl, 5.8% of female and 5.1% of male drinkers were lifetime hangover negative.

CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that only a small percentage of heavy drinkers lay claim to being lifetime hangover negative.

Language: en

Keywords

Alcohol; BAC; Hangover; Hangover resistance; Prevalence