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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Emerg Med. 2013 Jan 12;44(4):861–866. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.09.038

Table 2.

Comparison of alcohol screening positive for at-risk behavior by CASI and MSE

MSE (%) CASI (%) Odds Ratio 95% CI P-value

Total (5835) 143 (2.45) 671 (11.48) 8.88 6.89–11.61 <0.05

Age
18–20 (389) 7 (1.70) 62 (15.94) 19.33 6.29–96.47 <0.05
21–39 (2575) 75 (2.17) 325 (12.62) 7.57 5.39–10.93 <0.05
40–64 (2325) 56 (2.40) 246 (10.58) 8.92 5.83–14.22 <0.05
65 and older (546) 5 (0.92) 38 (6.96) 17.5 4.50–150.18 <0.05

Gender
Female (2961) 29 (0.98) 313 (10.57) 17.71 10.87–30.80 <0.05
Male (2874) 114 (3.97) 358 (12.46) 5.88 4.34–8.10 <0.05

Language
Spanish (635) 10 (1.57) 57 (8.98) 6.88 3.26–16.71 <0.05
English (5200) 133 (2.56) 614 (11.81) 9.15 6.99–12.19 <0.05