Table 2.

Correlates (adjusted for sex, age, White ethnicity, and poverty) of abuse including and excluding hazardous use in 24,525 NESARC participants who report lifetime alcohol use but do not meet criteria for DSM-IV alcohol dependence

	Endorsing (%)			Odds ratio [95% CI]
Variable	No abuse (n = 18,544)	Hazardous use (n = 5,415)	Excluding hazardous use (n = 566)	Hazardous use	Excluding hazardous use
Conduct disorder	2.0%	6.6%	10.6%	2.78 [2.27, 3.41]	3.85 [2.66, 5.56]
Major depressive disorder	16.7%	20.2%	24.6%	1.67 [1.52, 1.85]	1.95 [1.51,2.52]
Manic disorder	2.5%	3.3%	7.4%	1.33 [1.05, 1.69]*	2.44 [1.60, 2.71]*
Generalized anxiety disorder	3.9%	5.1%	6.6%	1.64 [1.36, 1.97]	1.86 [1.22, 2.83]
Posttraumatic stress disorder	7.9%	8.9%	10.8%	1.19 [1.01, 1.42]	1.66 [1.15, 2.40]
Panic disorder	4.8%	5.8%	7.4%	1.65 [1.40, 1.94]	2.34 [1.52, 3.59]
Social phobia	4.0%	6.1%	5.9%	1.81 [1.51,2.17]	1.46 [0.91, 2.33]
Nicotine dependence	11.1%	25.1%	30.8%	2.79 [2.54, 3.06]*	3.76 [2.98,4.75]*
Any illicit drug abuse/dependence	3.5%	18.9%	17.8%	5.93 [5.25, 6.81]*	4.38 [3.25, 5.90]*

Notes: Odds ratios that do not include 1.0 in the 95% confidence interval (CI) are statistically significant. NESARC = National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions; DSM-IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition.

^*Statistically different from each other in post hoc tests.