Table 4.

Adjusted odds ratios for a subsequent depression in relation to diagnosis-year smoking and level of alcohol consumption by oral diagnostic status.^*

	OED		Cancer
Variable	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Diagnosis-year smoking
No	1.00	(Ref)	1.00	(Ref)
Yes	1.73	0.74–4.06	3.10	1.25–7.64
Drinks/wk in quartiles
<1.5	1.00	(Ref)	1.00	(Ref)
1.5–<8.0	0.46	0.17–1.27	0.76	0.21–2.75
8–<23	0.43	0.14–1.36	0.29	0.08–1.02
23+	0.55	0.17–1.73	0.23	0.06–0.87

^*Odds ratios (ORs) from separate models for OED and oral cancer cases. Each model included age, social support (BSNI), working outside the home, sex, diagnosis-year smoking, and level of alcohol consumption. Adjusted ORs exclude 3 subjects who did not answer BSNI questions.