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Why the Estimated Alcoholization and the
Measurement Result in most Cases cannot match
An alcohol test is affected by a lot of different factors
which also affect the test result. Beside the gender, age,
body size and body weight, also the body fat percent-
age and the amount of body fluid have a big influence.
In addition, the general physical and mental state or the
current daily constitution have to be taken into consid-
eration. Furthermore, the meals eaten before a breath
test (type of content and level of the stomach) and the
intake of medication may influence the measurement.
Other influencing factors are, of course, the type of
drink (percentage of alcohol content in the beverage
and its carbon dioxide and sugar content), the drink-
ing rate and the individual subject‘s duration of alcohol
build-up or degradation in the body.
Some people quickly have a high alcohol content in the
blood, with other people it takes longer until an alco-
holization is detected. About 40-50% of the consumed
alcohol is in the body within 15 minutes, after 30 min-
utes it is 65% and after 70 minutes the previously con-
sumed alcohol is 100% absorbed in the body. However,
it should also be noted that some people – partly due
to genetic factors – quickly reduce the alcohol content
in the blood, whereas others still have an increased al-
cohol content in the blood after a longer period of time.
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