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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 17.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005 Dec 15;83(3):199–209. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2005.11.013

Table 5.

Odds ratios (95% CI) of the association of regular problem drinking (Class 3) relative to risky problem drinking (Class 2) based on unadjusted and adjusted multinomial logistic regression models

Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Sex (male vs. female) 3.3 (2.2, 4.8)* 1.5 (1.1, 2.1)*
Age (18−20 vs. 16−17) 4.5 (3.1, 6.5)* 1.9 (1.4, 2.5)*
Current cigarette use 2.4 (1.7, 3.3)* 1.1 (0.8, 1.6)
Current marijuana use 3.7 (2.5, 5.4)* 2.6 (1.9, 3.4)*
Early onset drinking 2.2 (1.5, 3.0)* 1.9 (1.4, 2.5)*
Most peers in community drink 2.5 (1.9, 3.4)* 1.4 (1.0, 1.9)
Most friends drink 7.8 (5.5, 11.0)* 2.7 (1.7, 4.3)*
Most friends get drunk weekly 12.9 (8.2, 20.2)* 5.3 (3.9, 7.1)*
Parents yell/punish if caught drinking 0.3 (0.2, 0.4)* 0.9 (0.7, 1.2)
*

p ≤ 0.05.