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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Oct 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2005 Jul;39(4):377–390. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2004.09.002

Table 4.

Multi-nominal logistic regression by GAM-IV-S© gambling status

Comparison I: Predicting gambling status (in full sample)
Comparison II: Predicting gambling status (among gamblers only)
Recreationala gamblers
Sub-thresholdb gamblers
Gamblers w/PGDc
Sub-thresholdb gamblers
Gamblers w/PGDc
OR Range p OR Range p OR Range p OR Range p OR Range p
Male (vs. female) 2.5 (1.8–3.6) <0.001 2.2 (1.3–3.6) 0.003 1.5 (0.5–4.4) 0.49 0.9 (0.5–1.4) 0.53 0.6 (0.2–1.7) 0.32
Age (vs. 50 years+)
 18–20 0.1 (0.0–0.4) <0.001 0.2 (0.0–0.6) 0.008 0.1 (0.0–1.3) 0.08 1.3 (0.3–6.1) 0.71 1.0 (0.1–10.9) 0.99
 21–34 0.7 (0.5–1.2) 0.21 0.5 (0.2–1.0) 0.06 0.5 (0.1–2.6) 0.40 0.7 (0.3–1.3) 0.26 0.6 (0.1–3.5) 0.61
 35–49 0.9 (0.6–1.3) 0.55 0.5 (0.3–0.9) 0.02 2.4 (0.5–10.7) 0.26 0.6 (0.3–1.0) 0.05 2.7 (0.6–12.0) 0.20
Unemployed (vs. employed) 0.5 (0.2–1.3) 0.18 1.9 (0.8–4.8) 0.18 5.2 (1.2–23.2) 0.03 3.6 (1.3–9.9) 0.01 9.9 (2.2–45.1) 0.003
Regular church attendance (vs. not) 0.7 (0.5–0.9) 0.02 0.5 (0.3–0.8) 0.003 0.2 (0.1–0.6) 0.009 0.7 (0.4–1.1) 0.13 0.3 (0.1–0.9) 0.04
Psychiatric/substance use disorders
 Alcohol use disorder 1.9 (1.2–3.0) 0.008 1.9 (1.0–3.5) 0.05 0.5 (0.1–2.2) 0.37 1.0 (0.6–1.8) 0.99 0.3 (0.1–1.2) 0.08
 Tobacco dependence 1.3 (0.8–2.0) 0.33 2.1 (1.2–3.8) 0.01 3.3 (0.9–12.0) 0.06 1.7 (1.0–2.9) 0.06 2.7 (0.8–9.2) 0.12
TCI personality traits
 Novelty seeking 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 0.53 1.4 (1.0–1.8) 0.03 4.3 (2.1–8.5) <0.001 1.3 (1.0–1.7) 0.05 4.0 (2.0–8.0) <0.001
a

Recreational gamblers = gamblers without DSM-IV pathological gambling criteria.

b

Sub-threshold = gamblers meeting 1–4 DSM-IV pathological gambling criteria.

c

PGD = gamblers meeting 5–10 criteria, thus being diagnosed with pathological gambling disorder.