Table 3.
Logistic regression of gender-specific odds ratios of having received an alcohol enquiry from a physician in health care in the last 12 months (n = 16,516 women, n = 11,762 men); 95 % CI and Wald test.
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Wald | Men | Wald | |
| Hazardous alcohol consumption (with reference to sensible alcohol consumption) | 1.25 ** | 1.21 ** | 1.13 * | 1.15 * | 1.15 (0.98–1.36) | 1.15 (1.01–1.49) | * | |
| Daily smoking | 1.32 *** | 1.36 *** | 1.27 ** | 1.30 *** | 1.23 (1.06–1.42) | * | 1.28 (1.09–1.49) | ** |
| Alcohol-related problems (with reference to 0–2 alcohol-related problems) | ||||||||
| 0–2 problems | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 3–4 problems | 1.58 * | 1.16 | 1.55 (1.05–2.26) | * | 1.14 (0.82–1.58) | |||
| 5–6 problems | 3.58 ** | 2.13 * | 3.42 (1.56–7.51) | *** | 2.03 (1.08–3.76) | * | ||
| Educational level (with reference to compulsory level) | ||||||||
| Compulsory | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Secondary | 0.91 (0.79–1.05) | 1.06 (0.93–1.21) | ||||||
| University | 0.94 (0.8–1.09) | 0.95 (0.82–1.1) | ||||||
| Occupational status (with reference to employed) | ||||||||
| Employed | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Student | 1.12 (0.91–1.38) | 0.91 (0.71–1.16) | ||||||
| Unemployed/sick-listed/early retired | 1.55 (1.31–1.83) | *** | 1.13 (0.96–1.34) | |||||
| Pensioner | 0.78 (0.63–0.97) | * | 0.82 (0.63–1.08) | |||||
| Age (with reference to 65+ years) | ||||||||
| 16–29 years | 1.99 *** | 1.42 *** | 1.32 (0.9–1.93) | 1.21 (0.88–1.65) | ||||
| 50–64 years | 1.59 *** | 1.64 *** | 1.08 (0.76–1.54) | 1.36 (1.03–1.78) | * | |||
| 65 years + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Wald test was used to measure significance in the variables:
***
p<0.001,
**
p<0.01,
*
p<0.05.