Table 2.

Prediction of Reliably Diagnosed Life-Time History of Alcohol Dependence by Clinical Covariates in Males

	Covariates assessed one at a time				Covariates assessed by stepwise procedure
	βa	χ2	p	OR (95% CI)	βa	χ2	p	OR (95% CI)
No. of symptoms	0.60	82.97	0.00	1.82 (1.59 to 2.08)	0.42	34.04	0.00	1.52 (1.31 to 1.76)
Treatment	1.33	62.70	0.00	3.79 (2.69 to 5.34)	0.85	21.96	0.00	2.34 (1.62 to 3.39)
Duration of most severe (years)	0.10	26.56	0.00	1.11 (1.06 to 1.15)	0.05	6.89	0.01	1.06 (1.02 to 1.10)
Age of onset (years)	0.00	0.08	0.77	1.00 (0.98 to 1.03)
Currently abstinent	0.52	9.07	0.00	1.68 (1.20 to 2.35)
#1 Tolerance	0.53	9.70	0.00	1.69 (1.21 to 2.36)
#2 Withdrawal symptoms	0.88	29.58	0.00	2.42 (1.75 to 3.34)
#3 Drinking more than intended	−0.01	0.00	0.96	0.99 (0.61 to 1.61)
#4 Unsuccessful control of use	0.15	1.37	0.24	1.17 (0.90 to 1.51)
#5 A great deal of time spent to obtain, use, or recover from alcohol use	0.96	29.33	0.00	2.61 (1.83 to 3.72)	0.53	7.58	0.01	1.70 (1.16 to 2.47)
#6 Impaired social or work activities	0.94	44.83	0.00	2.55 (1.93 to 3.37)
#7 Use despite physical consequences	0.61	16.49	0.00	1.84 (1.37 to 2.48)

^aLogistic regression coefficient.