If a man and a woman of identical body weight drink exactly the same amount of alcohol, does sex influence the resulting blood alcohol level?

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The sex of the driver is a determining factor in the blood alcohol level because of physiological differences in body composition. The female body generally has a lower percentage of water and a higher proportion of adipose tissue (fat) than the male body, as well as a smaller amount of the gastric enzymes responsible for metabolizing alcohol (alcohol dehydrogenase). Since alcohol is distributed mainly in body water and not in fat, with the same amount consumed and at the same weight, the concentration of alcohol in the blood will be significantly higher and faster in the woman. For this reason, it is false that sex has no influence and also that it is the man who reaches a higher level.

If a man and a woman of identical body weight drink exactly the same amount of alcohol, does sex influence the resulting blood alcohol level?

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