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. 2015 Jul 11;15:636. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1864-5

Table 3.

Intra-household associationa of depression in women and alcohol drinking (AUDIT score) among men in Chennai, India

Mild depression (PHQ-9 = 5-9) Moderate-severe depression (PHQ-9 = 10-27) Any depressionb (PHQ-9 = 5-27)
Drinking pattern (AUDIT score) Age-adjusted OR 95 % CI P value Multi-variate ORc 95 % CI P value Age-adjusted OR 95 % CI P value Multi-variate ORc 95 % CI P Value Age- adjusted OR 95 % CI P value Multi-variate ORc 95 % CI P value
Non-drinkers (scored: 0–7) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Low risk (score: 8–15) 1.97 (0.99, 3.90) 0.05 1.80 (0.73, 4.44) 0.19 1.18 (0.55, 2.49) 0.66 1.15 (0.41, 3.23) 0.78 1.88 (1.01, 3.49) 0.04 1.64 (0.71, 3.78) 0.24
Harmful, hazardous (score: 16–19) 1.14 (0.50, 2.61) 0.75 1.03 (0.38, 2.79) 0.95 1.66 (0.72, 3.81) 0.22 1.49 (0.51, 4.30) 0.46 1.40 (0.69, 2.86) 0.34 1.06 (0.44, 2.53) 0.88
Alcohol dependence (score: 20–45) 1.11 (0.61, 2.03) 0.71 0.99 (0.46, 2.12) 0.98 0.69 (0.34, 1.37) 0.29 0.82 (0.32, 2.09) 0.67 1.01 (0.57, 1.76) 0.97 0.85 (0.42, 1.72) 0.65

aBased on logistic regression models with correlated errors accounting for intra-group correlation of depression in women of the same household

bAny depression is defined as a composite variable for mild, moderate, moderately severe and severe depression

cAdjusted for age, occupation, monthly household expenditures, physical activity, number of household members, pain in past 4 weeks, number of self-reported NCD’s (eg, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, angina, kidney, cancer, asthma)

dAUDIT score