Alcohol use, pregnancy and associated risk factors: a pilot cross-sectional study of pregnant women attending prenatal care in an urban city

Table 2 Alcohol use among screened pregnant women by clinic, Lusaka, Zambia, July 2017 (n = 188)

	Clinics
	Kalingalinga (n = 79)	Mtendere (n = 109)
	n (%)	n (%)	p-value
Alcohol use in the periconceptional period^a			0.003
Did not consume any alcohol	52 (27.7)	22 (31.9)
Consumed alcohol (≤4 drinks at one time)	2 (1.1)	21 (11.2)
Any binge drinking^a	10 (12.7)	6 (3.2)
Frequency of drinking			0.557
Everyday	0 (0.0)	4 (2.1)
3–4 days a week	1 (0.5)	2 (1.1)
1–2 days a week	3 (1.6)	6 (3.2)
2–3 days a week	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Once a month	4 (2.1)	8 (4.3)
Less than once a month	1 (0.5)	4 (2.1)
Never (don’t drink)	57 (30.3)	67 (35.6)
Alcohol use in the past 30 days
Consumed no alcoholic drinks in at least one day	50 (26.6)	57 (30.3)	0.322
Any binge drinking at least one day/weekly average	17 (9.0)	30 (16.0)
T-ACE alcohol-screening questionnaire			0.613
Scored < 2 or more points	52 (27.7)	64 (34.0)
Scored > 2 or more points (risk drinking during pregnancy) ^b	15 (8.0)	25 (13.3)

^{a ≥}4 drinks at one time during the time the woman was pregnant but did not know she was pregnant;
^bBased on the T-ACE standard cut-off point-- responding “2 or more drinks” on the T-ACE question # 1

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