Table 3.
Logistic regression model† for AUDIT score and sociodemographic relationships with emotions associated with drinking any type of alcohol‡
| Emotions associated with drinking any type of alcohol‡ | |||||||||
| n | Positive emotions | ||||||||
| Energised | Relaxed | Sexy | Confident | ||||||
| AOR (95% CI) | p | AOR (95% CI) | p | AOR (95% CI) | p | AOR (95% CI) | p | ||
| AUDIT | |||||||||
| Lower risk (0–7)§ | 10 577 | ||||||||
| Increasing risk (8-15) | 14 205 | 2.28 (2.15 to 2.42) | *** | 1.86 (1.73 to 2.02) | *** | 1.83 (1.73 to 1.93) | *** | 2.03 (1.92 to 2.16) | *** |
| Higher risk (16-19) | 2895 | 3.51 (3.12 to 3.94) | *** | 2.55 (2.19 to 2.98) | *** | 2.64 (2.40 to 2.90) | *** | 3.18 (2.82 to 3.59) | *** |
| Dependence (20+) | 2159 | 4.73 (4.07 to 5.50) | *** | 2.66 (2.21 to 3.19) | *** | 2.58 (2.32 to 2.87) | *** | 3.86 (3.33 to 4.48) | *** |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Female§ | 9902 | ||||||||
| Male | 19 934 | 0.73 (0.69 to 0.78) | *** | 0.86 (0.80 to 0.93) | *** | 0.48 (0.45 to 0.50) | *** | 0.82 (0.77 to 0.87) | *** |
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| 18–24§ | 16 333 | ||||||||
| 25–29 | 8744 | 0.70 (0.65 to 0.74) | *** | 0.96 (0.88 to 1.04) | NS | 0.77 (0.73 to 0.82) | *** | 0.69 (0.65 to 0.74) | *** |
| 30–34 | 4759 | 0.52 (0.48 to 0.56) | *** | 0.90 (0.81 to 1.00) | * | 0.61 (0.57 to 0.65) | *** | 0.53 (0.49 to 0.57) | *** |
| Attended high school | |||||||||
| No§ | 471 | ||||||||
| Yes | 29 365 | 0.86 (0.66 to 1.11) | NS | 1.08 (0.78 to 1.50) | NS | 0.97 (0.79 to 1.20) | NS | 0.78 (0.60 to 1.03) | NS |