Question

if a male and a female who weigh the same consume the same amount of alcohol bac

Answer 1

The woman's BAC will likely be higher if a man and a woman who weigh the same consume the same amount of alcohol.

BAC stands for Blood Alcohol Content or Blood Alcohol Concentration. It is use as a metric of alcohol intoxication for legal or medical purposes.

An Estimated Blood Alcohol Concentration (EBAC)  has this formula:

EBAC = 0.806 * SD * 1.2
             -----------------------  - (MR * DP)
                 BW * Wt

Where:
0.806 is the constant for body water in the blood;
SD - number of standard drink containing 17 g of ethanol
1.2 - a factor to convert the amount in grams to Swedish standards
BW - body water constant (men - 0.58 ; women - 0.49)
Wt - body weight in kg
MR - metabolism constant (men - mean = 0.015; range 0.013-0.017 g/210L ; while women - mean = 0.017; range 0.014-0.021 g/210L)
DP - Drinking period in hours

For example: Both drank 3 Standard drinks; weighs 80kls; DP - 2 hr

man - EBAC = (0.806 * 3 * 1.2) / (0.58 * 80) - (0.015 * 2) = 2.9016 / 46.4 - 0.03 = 0.033

woman - EBAC = (0.806 * 3 * 1.2) / (0.49 * 80) - (0.017 * 2) = 2.9016 / 39.2 - 0.034 = 0.40

Answer 2

BAC stands for Blood Alcohol Content.


If a male and a female who weigh the same consume the same amount of alcohol BAC-

The woman's BAC will likely be higher if a man and a woman who weigh the same consume the same amount of alcohol.

BAC stands for Blood Alcohol Content or Blood Alcohol Concentration. It is use as a metric of alcohol intoxication for legal or medical purposes.

An Estimated Blood Alcohol Concentration (EBAC) has this formula:

EBAC = (0.806 * SD * 1.2)/(BW * Wt) - (MR * DP)

Where: 0.806 is the constant for body water in the blood;

SD - number of standard drink which contains 17 g of ethanol

1.2 - a factor to convert the amount in grams to Swedish standards

BW - body water constant (men - 0.58 ; women - 0.49)

Wt - body weight in kg

MR - metabolism constant (men - mean = 0.015; range 0.013-0.017 g/210L ; while women - mean = 0.017; range 0.014-0.021 g/210L)

DP - Drinking period in hours