Table 3.
Predictors of young adult alcohol use disorder: adolescent frequency of drinking and loss of control over drinking
| Measures | Unadjusted model |
Adjusted model* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | (95% CI) | p Value | OR | (95% CI) | p Value | |
| Frequent drinking in adolescence | ||||||
| Drinking pattern | <0.001† | 0.13† | ||||
| None | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 wave | 1.7 | (1.3 to 2.2) | 1.2 | (0.89 to 1.6) | ||
| 2+ waves | 2.6 | (1.8 to 3.6) | 1.4 | (0.98 to 2.0) | ||
| Wave | <0.001† | <0.001† | ||||
| Wave 7 (mean age 20.7 years) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Wave 8 (mean age 24.1 years) | 1.1 | (0.96 to 1.3) | 1.1 | (0.96 to 1.3) | ||
| Wave 9 (mean age 29.1 years) | 0.70 | (0.57 to 0.85) | 0.69 | (0.56 to 0.85) | ||
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Male | 2.2 | (1.8 to 2.6) | <0.001 | 2.2 | (1.8 to 2.6) | <0.001 |
| Loss of control over drinking in adolescence | ||||||
| Drinking pattern | <0.001† | <0.001† | ||||
| None | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 wave | 1.8 | (1.4 to 2.4) | 1.4 | (1.1 to 1.8) | ||
| 2+ waves | 3.1 | (2.4 to 4.2) | 1.9 | (1.4 to 2.7) | ||
| Wave | <0.001† | <0.001† | ||||
| Wave 7 (mean age 20.7 years) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Wave 8 (mean age 24.1 years) | 1.1 | (0.96 to 1.3) | 1.1 | (0.96 to 1.3) | ||
| Wave 9 (mean age 29.1 years) | 0.70 | (0.57 to 0.85) | 0.69 | (0.56 to 0.85) | ||
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Male | 2.4 | (2.0 to 2.8) | <0.001 | 2.2 | (1.8 to 2.7) | <0.001 |
*Adjusted for adolescent daily smoking, weekly+ cannabis use, depressive symptoms and antisocial behaviour, and parental daily drinking, daily smoking, divorce/separation and level of education.
†p Value from joint test of significance.