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. 2016 Jan 14;6(1):e008979. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008979

TableĀ 3.

Bivariate associations between parenting styles, other risk variables and adolescent substance use

Onset of drunkenness
Drunk >10 times
Regular smoking
Onset of illicit drug use
(n=917)
(n=968)
(n=923)
(n=986)
OR (95% CI) p Value OR (95% CI) p Value OR (95% CI) p Value OR (95% CI) p Value
Authoritarian 1.05 (0.70 to 1.56) 0.84 0.51 (0.25 to 0.97) 0.04 0.86 (0.45 to 1.59) 0.66 0.76 (0.18 to 2.65) 0.78
Permissive 1.68 (1.13 to 2.50) 0.01 1.60 (0.98 to 2.59) 0.05 1.65 (0.97 to 2.81) 0.06 2.46 (0.99 to 6.28) 0.04
Neglectful 1.97 (1.40 to 2.77) <0.001 1.87 (1.25 to 2.82) <0.01 2.31 (1.50 to 3.60) <0.001 2.25 (1.02 to 5.26) 0.04
Intervention school group 1.13 (0.86 to 1.49) 0.38 1.02 (0.73 to 1.44) 0.93 0.93 (0.65 to 1.32) 0.67 0.58 (0.31 to 1.07) 0.07
Female sex 1.34 (1.02 to 1.76) 0.03 1.64 (1.17 to 2.29) <0.01 1.77 (1.23 to 2.53) <0.01 1.07 (0.57 to 1.98) 0.88
Parental regular drinking 1.41 (1.07 to 1.87) 0.01 1.33 (0.95 to 1.86) 0.10 1.24 (0.87 to 1.77) 0.22 1.33 (0.71 to 2.46) 0.37
Parental daily smoking 1.36 (0.99 to 1.88) 0.06 1.45 (0.99 to 2.10) 0.04 1.78 (1.21 to 2.60) <0.01 1.72 (0.87 to 3.27) 0.09
Provision of alcohol by parents 2.24 (1.69 to 2.97) <0.001 2.17 (1.55 to 3.05) <0.001 2.58 (1.81 to 3.69) <0.001 1.38 (0.74 to 2.57) 0.30
Does not like it in school 1.00 (0.66 to 1.50) 1 1.07 (0.65 to 1.70) 0.81 1.92 (1.19 to 3.03) <0.01 2.11 (0.97 to 4.29) 0.03
Deviant peers 1.09 (1.04 to 1.13) <0.001 1.13 (1.09 to 1.18) <0.001 1.19 (1.14 to 1.25) <0.001 1.17 (1.1 to 1.25) <0.001
Delinquency 2.26 (1.67 to 3.07) <0.001 3.09 (2.20 to 4.35) <0.001 3.28 (2.29 to 4.71) <0.001 3.67 (1.96 to 7.02) <0.001
Baseline drunkenness 5.63 (3.50 to 9.08) <0.001 7.89 (4.68 to 13.4) <0.001 5.43 (2.62 to 10.8) <0.001
Baseline cigarette use 4.81 (3.18 to 7.40) <0.001 4.12 (2.88 to 5.90) <0.001 6.32 (4.30 to 9.32) <0.001 3.50 (1.86 to 6.53) <0.001
Baseline regular smoking 8.27 (1.06 to 373.6) 0.03 6.49 (2.63 to 16.6) <0.001 27.5 (7.74 to 149.5) <0.001 6.70 (1.83 to 20.4) <0.01
Baseline illicit drug use Inf* 0.47 6.48 (0.73 to 78.0) 0.05 6.93 (0.79 to 83.8) 0.04

*All of those who used illicit drugs at baseline had been drunk at follow-up, so no OR could be calculated