Table 4.

Significant predictors of binge and heavy episodic drinking, relative to no high-risk drinking – multinomial logistic regression (n = 173).

	Binge drinking OR (95% CI)	Heavy drinking OR (95% CI)
Number of syndemic factors§ (ref. group: 0 factors)
One	0.85 (0.25, 2.92)	1.30 (0.29, 5.83)
Two	1.28 (0.40, 4.05)	2.00 (0.49, 8.21)
Three or four	1.13 (0.24, 5.29)	10.57 (2.32, 48.04)**
Multiple sexual partners in the past 3 months	2.34 (1.01, 5.42)*	4.87 (2.03, 11.72)***
Relationship status (partnered with another man)	4.23 (1.56, 11.42)**	2.15 (0.90, 5.15)†

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.

^§Factors include clinically significant depression, childhood sexual abuse, intimate partner violence (as victim only) and discrimination.

^***p < 0.001,

^**p < 0.01,

^*p < 0.05,

^†p < 0.10.