Table 2

 Agreement between clinical assessment (Y91) and blood alcohol concentration (BAC) (Y90)

All injury patientsPatients drinking 6 hours before injury
nRaw agreement (%)Tau-B (SE)nRaw agreement (%)Tau-B (SE)
†Significantly different from negative RAPS4 (*p<0.05);
‡Significantly different from negative tolerance (***p<0.001).
Total479886.40.679 (0.014)95139.40.319 (0.026)
Male316082.40.663 (0.015)80238.90.312 (0.029)
Female163194.10.704 (0.036)14842.50.373 (0.062)
BAC 30 min to 3 h before assessment18985.70.459 (0.096)3839.50.154 (0.150)
BAC 1–30 min before assessment25487.40.754 (0.051)4847.90.410 (0.110)
BAC the same time as assessment73984.70.587 (0.039)14327.30.179 (0.068)
BAC 1–30 mins after assessment278286.00.704 (0.017)56640.80.336 (0.034)
BAC 30 min to 3 h after assessment24393.00.683 (0.085)2748.20.587 (0.118)
Positive RAPS494866.10.576 (0.023)*†49339.80.277 (0.038)
Negative RAPS4361691.90.648 (0.023)40739.10.340 (0.038)
Positive tolerance21551.60.481 (0.044)***‡15132.90.269 (0.065)
Negative tolerance431388.40.674 (0.016)72540.30.332 (0.030)