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. 2012 Feb 27;12:145. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-145

Table 4.

Association of alcohol and marijuana use with different driver characteristics (regression analysis)

Alcohol Use Marijuana Use
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Type of respondent < 0.001 < 0.001

 Truck driver 5.2 (2.5-10.5) 2.4 (1.7-3.4)

 Bus driver (ref) (ref)

Ethnicity 0.013 < 0.001

 Punjabi (ref) (ref)

 Sindhi 5.2 (2-13.3) 5.8 (3.2-10.4)

 Pathan 2.5 (1.2-5.3) 1.3 (0.82-1.9)

 Kashmiri 1.6 (0.6-4.7) 2.3 (1.4-3.7

 Others 2.4 (0.8-6.9) 1.4 (0.73-2.6)

Marital Status 0.038 0.342

 Unmarried (ref) (ref)

 Married 0.96 (0.43-2.1) 0.86 (0.57-1.3)

 Divorced 4.3 (1.01-18.3) 1.5 (0.5-4.6)

 Widower 5.6 (1.3-24.2) 2.1 (0.6-6.8)

Stressed while driving 0.259 < 0.001

 Yes 1.5 (0.75-2.9) 2.6 (1.7-3.9)

 No (ref) (ref)

Fight on the road < 0.001 < 0.001

 Yes 3.3 (1.5-7.5) 3 (2-4.4)

 No (ref) (ref)

Racing with other vehicles 0.002 < 0.001

 Yes 2.9 (1.4-5.9) 3.2 (2.2-4.7)

 No (ref) (ref)

Speed miscalculation while overtaking 0.001 < 0.001

 Yes 2.9 (1.5-5.6) 2.1 (1.5-2.9)

 No (ref) (ref)