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. 2015 Jul 24;15:703. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1993-x

Table 3.

Odds ratios for the association between wave 0 drinking profiles, socio-demographic characteristics and health behaviours and self-rated health at wave 0

Independent variables Unadjusted Adjusteda
Odds ratio 95 % C.I. for OR Sig. Level Odds ratio 95 % C.I. for OR Sig. Level
Lower Upper Lower Upper
Reference Category
Drinking Profile 1
Drinking Profile 2 0.69 0.58 0.82 <.01 0.83 0.69 1.00 0.05
Drinking Profile 3 0.75 0.59 0.97 0.03 1.07 0.81 1.41 0.64
Drinking Profile 4 0.91 0.65 1.27 0.59 0.81 0.57 1.16 0.26
Drinking Profile 5 0.50 0.12 2.07 0.33 0.34 0.08 1.46 0.15
Drinking Profile 6 0.48 0.37 0.64 <.01 0.66 0.50 0.89 0.01
Drinking Profile 7 0.81 0.53 1.22 0.31 0.71 0.46 1.11 0.13
Wealth. Reference category- wealth quintile 1 [lowest 20 %)
Wealth quintile 2 (21–40 %) 0.60 0.50 0.73 <.01 0.63 0.52 0.77 <.01
Wealth quintile 3 (41–60 %) 0.29 0.23 0.36 <.01 0.32 0.25 0.40 <.01
Wealth quintile 4 (61–80 %) 0.23 0.18 0.29 <.01 0.27 0.21 0.35 <.01
Wealth quintile 5 (81–100 %-wealthiest) 0.12 0.09 0.16 <.01 0.16 0.11 0.23 <.01
Social class. Reference Category: Manual
Social class. Intermediate 0.86 0.73 1.03 0.10 1.15 0.95 1.38 0.15
Social class. Professional 0.37 0.30 0.46 <.01 0.85 0.66 1.10 0.22
Education. Reference Category: No qualifications
Education. Secondary Education 0.54 0.46 0.64 <.01 0.72 0.60 0.86 <.01
Education. Degree or Above 0.27 0.21 0.34 <.01 0.51 0.38 0.68 <.01
Household Size. Reference Category: Living Alone
Household size: 2 or more people in household 0.68 0.58 0.80 <.01 0.90 0.75 1.08 0.20
Gender. Reference Category: Male
Gender-Female 0.70 0.60 0.81 <.01 0.58 0.49 0.68 <.01
Age-group. Reference Category: 45–64
Age-group. 65–74 1.07 0.89 1.27 0.47 0.85 0.70 1.02 0.09
Age-group. 75+ 1.25 1.02 1.55 0.03 0.76 0.60 0.97 0.03
Smoking: Reference Category: Never smoked
used to smoke occasionally 1.26 0.88 1.80 0.20 1.23 0.84 1.81 0.28
used to smoke regularly 1.70 1.41 2.06 <.01 1.41 1.15 1.73 <.01
current smoker 2.62 2.13 3.21 <.01 1.77 1.41 2.20 <.01
BMI: Reference Category: <20
20–25 0.52 0.32 0.86 0.01 0.80 0.45 1.40 0.43
25–30 0.75 0.47 1.21 0.24 1.09 0.63 1.88 0.76
>30 1.06 0.66 1.72 0.80 1.43 0.82 2.50 0.20

aAdjusted for W1-wealth, W1-social class, W1-education, W1-household size, W0-gender, W0-age, W0-smoking, W0-BMI