Table 2.
Sociodemographic correlates associated with remission from alcohol abuse and dependence
| Remission from alcohol abuse (n = 349) |
Remission from alcohol dependence (n = 104) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographic | Sociodemographic category | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) |
| Age (years) | 18–34 | 18.20* | (3.99–83.02) | 1.93 | (0.58–6.44) |
| 35–49 | 5.28* | (1.53–18.24) | 1.72 | (0.59–4.98) | |
| 50–64 | 1.91 | (0.75–4.82) | 1.28 | (0.65–2.50) | |
| 65+ | 1.0 | – | 1.0 | – | |
| Gender | Female | 1.11 | (0.59–2.06) | 1.20 | (0.55–2.63) |
| Male | 1.0 | – | 1.0 | – | |
| Student status | Student | 0.38 | (0.10–1.48) | 0.15 | (0.02–1.40) |
| Non-student | 1.0 | – | 1.0 | – | |
| Education level | Low | 0.93 | (0.50–1.74) | 0.35* | (0.18–0.67) |
| Low-average | 1.17 | (0.68–2.04) | 0.65 | (0.27–1.53) | |
| High-average | 0.91 | (0.56–1.50) | 0.69 | (0.34–1.40) | |
| High | 1.0 | – | 1.0 | – | |
| Marital status | Never married | 1.41 | (0.80–2.47) | 0.83 | (0.45–1.54) |
| Previously married | 1.26 | (0.77–2.07) | 1.31 | (0.59–2.89) | |
| Married/cohabiting | 1.0 | – | 1.0 | – | |
| AOO | of alcohol abuse | 1.11* | (1.07–1.16) | 1.05* | (1.01–1.08) |
Results are based on multivariate discrete-time survival model with person-year as the unit of analysis. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
*Significant OR (P < 0.05, two-sided test).