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. 2016 Jun 15;7:914. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00914

Table 3.

Discriminative capacity of age, age of onset, studies level, civil status, and personality profile in the presence of a diagnostic subtype (n = 3.324).

Likelihood ratio Parameter estimates
tests Gambling vs. buying Internet vs. buying Internet/gaming vs. buying Sex vs. buying
χ2 p p OR 95%CI p OR 95%CI p OR 95%CI p OR 95%CI
Sex (male) 152.7 <0.001 <0.001 19.47 11.68 32.46 0.005 4.10 1.53 10.94 0.001 16.49 3.30 82.29 <0.001 77.04 9.25 641.4
Age (years-old) 80.54 <0.001 0.155 1.03 0.99 1.08 0.004 0.85 0.76 0.95 <0.001 0.78 0.70 0.88 0.972 1.00 0.91 1.09
Onset (years-old) 4.78 0.311 0.486 0.98 0.94 1.03 0.170 1.08 0.97 1.21 0.622 0.97 0.86 1.09 0.829 1.01 0.93 1.10
Studies (university) 23.66 <0.001 <0.001 0.28 0.15 0.51 0.403 0.59 0.17 2.04 0.195 0.32 0.06 1.79 0.579 1.37 0.45 4.21
Civil status (married) 3.37 0.498 0.144 0.71 0.45 1.12 0.392 0.68 0.28 1.64 0.152 0.37 0.09 1.44 0.633 0.80 0.31 2.03
TCI-R: Novelty seeking 56.44 <0.001 <0.001 0.96 0.95 0.98 <0.001 0.92 0.89 0.94 <0.001 0.90 0.87 0.93 0.001 0.95 0.92 0.98
TCI-R: Harm avoidance 16.04 0.003 <0.001 0.97 0.95 0.99 0.002 0.96 0.93 0.98 0.008 0.96 0.94 0.99 0.028 0.97 0.94 1.00
TCI-R: Reward dependence 5.78 0.217 0.521 0.99 0.98 1.01 0.515 0.99 0.96 1.02 0.432 0.99 0.96 1.02 0.106 1.03 0.99 1.07
TCI-R: Persistence 31.17 <0.001 0.733 1.00 0.98 1.01 <0.001 0.96 0.93 0.98 0.002 0.96 0.94 0.99 0.223 0.98 0.96 1.01
TCI-R: Self-directedness 12.17 0.016 0.018 0.98 0.97 1.00 0.010 0.97 0.95 0.99 0.046 0.97 0.95 1.00 0.003 0.96 0.93 0.99
TCI-R: Cooperativeness 3.29 0.511 0.740 1.00 0.98 1.01 0.340 1.02 0.98 1.05 0.504 1.01 0.98 1.04 0.445 0.99 0.95 1.02
TCI-R: Self-Transcendence 3.55 0.470 0.703 1.00 0.98 1.01 0.219 1.02 0.99 1.05 0.611 1.01 0.98 1.04 0.724 0.99 0.96 1.03

Bold, significant coefficient. Models obtained with multinomial regression entering simultaneously the set of predictors (ENTER procedure) (McFadden-R2= 0.283).