Does the sex of the person driving influence the blood alcohol level reached after consuming alcohol?

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Biological sex is one of the physiological variables that determine blood alcohol level. The female body generally has a lower percentage of body water and a greater proportion of adipose tissue (fat) than the male body, as well as a smaller amount of the gastric enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase, which is responsible for metabolizing part of the alcohol before it reaches the bloodstream. Therefore, for the same amount of alcohol ingested and the same body weight, a woman will as a general rule reach a higher blood alcohol level and will feel its effects more quickly and intensely than a man. For this reason it is false that sex plays no role in the alcohol concentration, and also that it is the man who reaches the higher level.

Does the sex of the person driving influence the blood alcohol level reached after consuming alcohol?

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