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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011 Mar;19(3):292–299. doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181e898b4

Table 2. Adjusted Odds Ratios (AOR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) of Lifetime and Past 12-Month Alcohol and Tobacco Use Disorders by Sociodemographic and Health-Related Characteristics (n=8165).

Alcohol Use Disorder Tobacco Use Disorder

Lifetimea Past 12-monthb Lifetimec Past 12-monthd

AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)

Age
 65-74 years 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 75-84 years 0.55 (0.46 – 0.64) 0.37 (0.21 – 0.65) 0.46 (0.38 – 0.57) 0.37 (0.27 – 0.50)
 85 years and older 0.42 (0.29 – 0.62) 0.05 (0.01 – 0.41)* 0.24 (0.15 – 0.38) 0.13 (0.07 – 0.27)
Gender
 Male 6.91 (5.82 – 8.21) 5.86 (3.50 – 9.82) 1.67 (1.35 – 2.06) 1.38 (1.02 – 1.86)
 Female 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Race/Ethnicity
 White 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Black 0.95 (0.76 – 1.20) 1.18 (0.70 – 2.02) 0.95 (0.70 – 1.28) 1.30 (0.88 – 1.93)
 Native American 1.38 (0.72 – 2.67) 2.90 (0.64 – 13.2) 1.72 (0.91 – 3.24) 1.73 (0.70 – 4.25)
 Asian/Pacific Islander 0.20 (0.07 – 0.53)* 0.43 (0.11 – 1.62) 0.42 (0.10 – 1.79)
 Hispanic/Latino 0.71 (0.47 – 1.08) 1.28 (0.55 – 2.93) 0.43 (0.27 – 0.70) 0.53 (0.28 – 1.00)
Marital Status
 Married/Living with someone 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Widowed 0.77 (0.52 – 1.14) 0.92 (0.35 – 2.45) 0.91 (0.55 – 1.52) 0.99 (0.42 – 2.31)
 Divorced/Separated 1.90 (1.50 – 2.41) 1.70 (0.89 – 3.28) 2.09 (1.62 – 2.71) 2.46 (1.73 – 3.50)
 Never married 0.93 (0.75 – 1.14) 1.84 (1.10 – 3.08) 1.30 (1.01 – 1.66) 1.45 (1.05 – 1.99)
Education
 Less than 12th grade 0.94 (0.74 – 1.18) 1.09 (0.58 – 2.05) 1.23 (0.94 – 1.60) 1.69 (1.19 – 2.40)*
 High school graduate/GED 0.87 (0.72 – 1.05) 1.16 (0.61 – 2.20) 0.89 (0.70 – 1.13) 1.33 (0.93 – 1.91)
 Some college and higher 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Family Income (in dollars)
 <$20,000 0.85 (0.62 – 1.17) 0.73 (0.33 – 1.60) 0.72 (0.48 – 1.08) 0.73 (0.37 – 1.44)
 $20,000-34,999 0.96 (0.70 – 1.31) 0.99 (0.43 – 2.27) 0.84 (0.57 – 1.23) 0.79 (0.43 – 1.45)
 $35,000-69,999 0.91 (0.66 – 1.26) 0.95 (0.44 – 2.06) 0.80 (0.55 – 1.16) 0.74 (0.41 – 1.34)
 ≥$70,000 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Employment
 Employed 0.95 (0.75 – 1.19) 1.31 (0.77 – 2.23) 0.93 (0.70 – 1.24) 0.92 (0.59 – 1.42)
 Not employed 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Self-perceived current health
 Excellent/Very good 0.81 (0.60 – 1.09) 1.21 (0.49 – 2.99) 0.56 (0.40 – 0.79)* 0.36 (0.23 – 0.56)
 Good 0.92 (0.67 – 1.26) 1.16 (0.45 – 2.99) 0.87 (0.64 – 1.17) 0.64 (0.43 – 0.96)
 Fair 1.03 (0.77 – 1.37) 0.99 (0.37 – 2.63) 0.80 (0.58 – 1.10) 0.66 (0.43 – 1.00)
 Poor 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

Notes: Significance level was set to p=0.01 due to multiple comparisons. The denominator df for the above logistic regression models is 65.

Hosmer-Lemeshow χ2-test:

a

df=8; p=0.03;

b

df=8, p=0.59;

c

df=8, p=0.76;

d

df=8, p=0.66

Wald t-test:

*

p≤0.01;

p≤0.001

Unable to estimate due to too few persons with the disorder