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.