Table 3.

Adjusted odds ratios for alcohol consumption/week in relation to a subsequent depression reported for ex- and diagnosis-year drinkers^*.

	Ex-drinkers		Diagnosis-year drinkers
Variable	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Drinks/wk in quartiles*
<1.5	1.00	(Ref)	0.56	0.15–2.07
1.5–<8.0	0.57	0.11–2.91	0.35	0.10–1.20
8–<23	0.29	0.04–2.03	0.23	0.07–0.82
23+	0.10	0.10–0.50	0.36	0.10–1.29

^*Odds ratios from a model containing diagnostic status, age, social support (BSNI), working outside the home, sex, diagnosis-year smoking, diagnosis-year drinking (y/n), average number of drinks/week (4 categories), and the interaction term: diagnosis-year drinking * average number of drinks/week.