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. 2012 Aug 1;12:586. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-586

Table 2.

Hierarchical regression model of at-risk alcohol consumption (AUDIT score ≥ 8) for Australian Rural Mental Health Study participants: steps 1 and 2 - demographic and predispositional factors

Step - Predictor variable
AUDIT total score
Univariate OR (99%CI)
Multivariate AOR (99%CI)
    0-7 n=1,694 n (%) ≥ 8 n=287 n (%)    
1. Demographics
Age in years
18 - 34
118 (81)
28 (19)
 
.
 
35 - 44
217 (82)
49 (18)
0.95 (0.48, 1.9)
0.90 (0.45, 1.8)
 
45 - 54
359 (84)
69 (16)
0.81 (0.43, 1.5)
0.66 (0.34, 1.3)
 
55 - 64
476 (84)
93 (16)
0.82 (0.44, 1.5)
0.64 (0.34, 1.2)
 
>= 65
524 (92)
48 (8.4)
0.39 (0.20, 0.75)**
0.28 (0.14, 0.56)**
Gender
Male
613 (76)
191 (24)
 
 
 
Female
1,081 (92)
96 (8.2)
0.29 (0.20, 0.40)**
0.26 (0.18, 0.36)**
2. Predispositional factors
Trait neuroticism
EPQ-N<3
1,142 (87)
170 (13)
 
 
 
EPQ-N>=3
552 (83)
117 (17)
1.4 (1.0, 2.0)*
1.53 (1.1, 2.2)*
Level of (high school) education
Not finished
570 (87)
84 (13)
 
 
 
Finished
1,124 (85)
203 (15)
1.2 (0.85, 1.8)
0.97 (0.65, 1.4)
Marital status
Married or defacto
1,302 (87)
197 (13)
 
 
 
Divorced or separated
166 (83)
35 (17)
1.4 (0.83, 2.3)
1.3 (0.75, 2.2)
 
Widowed
134 (95)
7 (5.0)
0.35 (0.12, 0.96)*
0.69 (0.24, 2.0)
  Never married 92 (66) 48 (34) 3.4 (2.1, 5.7)** 2.9 (1.7, 5.2)**

AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval; EPQ-N: Brief Eysenck Personality Inventory measure of neuroticism; OR: Odds Ratio. Due to rounding, row percentages may not add up to exactly 100%. * P < .01, ** P < .001.