Table 4.

Results of multivariable analysis of sociodemographic, military, health and psychosocial variables associated with symptomatic 10-year trajectories of alcohol consumption.

	At-risk vs. Rare	Excessive vs. Rare	Recovering vs. Rare	Excessive vs. At-risk	Excessive vs. Recovering
	RRR (95%CI)	RRR (95%CI)	RRR (95%CI)	RRR (95%CI)	RRR (95%CI)
Age	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	0.95 (0.93–0.97)^***	0.99 (0.96–1.02)	0.95 (0.93–0.98)^***	0.92 (0.87–0.98)^*
Male sex	1.32 (0.84–2.04)	–	2.44 (0.64–9.09)	–	–
White race/ethnicity	1.20 (0.90–1.61)	1.22 (0.65–2.27	0.34 (0.16–0.70)^**	1.20 (0.59–2.47)	7.28 (1.89–27.95)^**
Some college or higher education	1.27 (0.97–1.66)	0.49 (0.29–0.83)^**	0.30 (0.14–0.63)^**	0.36 (0.19–0.67)^**	2.61 (0.79–8.58)
Household income $60 K or higher	1.50 (1.18–1.91)^***	0.90 (0.54–1.51)	0.94 (0.44–1.97)	0.64 (0.35–1.16)	0.39 (0.10–1.51)
Married/partnered	0.90 (0.68–1.19)	0.51 (0.29–0.91)^*	0.61 (0.27–1.40)	0.78 (0.39–1.58)	0.72 (0.18–2.89)
Years of military service	1.02 (1.01–1.03)^*	0.93 (0.88–0.98)^**	0.97 (0.92–1.04)	0.93 (0.87–0.98)^*	0.88 (0.79–0.99)^*
MDD symptom severity	1.06 (0.92–1.21)	1.06 (0.83–1.36)	0.88 (0.60–1.30)	0.92 (0.67–1.27)	1.07 (0.57–2.04)
Intrusions	1.00 (0.93–1.07)	0.87 (0.75–1.01)	0.81 (0.63–1.04)	1.03 (0.84–1.27)	0.91 (0.64–1.29)
Avoidance	1.04 (0.91–1.18)	0.83 (0.64–1.09)	0.96 (0.65–1.42)	0.76 (0.52–1.10)	0.69 (0.36–1.34)
Emotional numbing	0.93 (0.87–0.99)^*	1.03 (0.90–1.17)	1.03 (0.85–1.25)	1.12 (0.95–1.31)	1.18 (0.84–1.66)
Dysphoric arousal	1.04 (0.95–1.14)	1.26 (1.07–1.48)^**	1.26 (1.01–1.58)^*	1.24 (1.03–1.49)^*	1.07 (0.73–1.57)
Anxious arousal	1.02 (0.92–1.13)	1.02 (0.83–1.25)	0.87 (0.64–1.18)	0.85 (0.68–1.06)	1.35 (0.77–2.39)
Number of medical conditions	0.85 (0.79–0.91)^***	0.95 (0.82–1.10)	0.90 (0.73–1.11)	1.17 (0.96–1.43)	1.17 (0.77–1.78)
Agreeableness	0.95 (0.85–1.07)	0.76 (0.60–0.96)^*	0.74 (0.54–1.01)	0.80 (0.59–1.07)	0.48 (0.24–0.98)^*
Conscientiousness	1.00 (0.89–1.13)	0.68 (0.54–0.85)^***	0.94 (0.66–1.33)	0.66 (0.50–0.86)^**	0.68 (0.42–1.10)
Emotional stability	1.03 (0.92–1.17)	1.08 (0.83–1.40)	1.02 (0.70–1.49)	0.98 (0.73–1.31)	1.17 (0.72–1.92)
Resilience	1.01 (0.99–1.04)	0.86 (0.82–0.90)	1.03 (0.97–1.10)	0.86 (0.82–0.91)	0.97 (0.87–1.08)
Optimism	1.00 (0.90–1.10)	1.00 (0.83–1.22)	0.93 (0.69–1.25)	1.04 (0.83–1.30)	1.17 (0.72–1.92)
Purpose in life	0.99 (0.96–1.03)	1.06 (0.98–1.14)	1.04 (0.94–1.15)	1.05 (0.97–1.14)	1.32 (1.08–1.61)^**
Secure attachment style	0.75 (0.56–0.99)^*	0.95 (0.54–1.70)	0.63 (0.29–1.38)	1.53 (0.78–3.00)	3.66 (1.06–12.61)^*
Current mental health treatment	0.76 (0.53–1.04)	0.85 (0.44–1.61)	2.37 (1.03–5.46)^*	1.56 (0.77–3.17)	0.18 (0.04–0.77)^*

Note. MDD=major depressive disorder; RRR=relative risk ratio; 95%CI= 95% confidence interval.

Significant association:

p < 0.05

^**

p < 0.01

^***

p < 0.001.