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. 2020 Apr 18;36(3):747–766. doi: 10.1007/s10899-020-09948-z

Table 5.

Summary table of fully adjusted multinomial odds ratios for regular (weekly) gambling in males and females at each of the three time points

Fully adjusted ORs (95% CI) Males Females
Age 17 years Age 20 years Age 24 years Age 17 years Age 20 years Age 24 years
IQ at 8 years
 Bottom quartile 2.01 (1.27, 3.17) 1.82 (1.14, 2.91)
Locus of control at 16.5 years
  > Median [external] 2.00 (1.40, 2.85) 1.82 (1.17, 2.82)
Sensation seeking at 17 years 1.03 (1.00, 1.07) 1.04 (1.01, 1.07)
Smoking cigarettes at 16.5 years
 Tried 1.86 (1.16, 2.96) 1.57 (0.98, 2.54)
 < Weekly 2.15 (0.97, 4.76) 1.64 (0.73, 3.69)
  ≥ Weekly 2.57 (1.41, 4.67) 3.36 (1.97, 5.71)
Smoking cigarettes at 21 years
  ≥ Weekly 1.71 (1.11, 2.62) 1.99 (1.35, 2.95)
Alcohol use at 21 years
 Hazardous 2.33 (1.65, 3.31) 1.52 (1.05, 2.20)
 Harmful 5.33 (3.08, 9.22) 1.80 (1.01, 3.22)
Smoking cigarettes at 23 years
  ≥ Weekly 2.37 (1.49, 3.78) 2.51 (1.58, 4.00)
Social media use at 24 years
 2–10 times/day 1.80 (1.07, 3.02) 1.92 (0.89, 4.13)
  > 10 times/day 3.05 (1.78, 5.21) 2.80 (1.29, 6.09)
Maternal education pregnancy
 Degree higher than A level 0.27 (0.14, 0.53) 0.34 (0.17, 0.68) 0.38 (0.20, 0.74) 0.15 (0.05, 0.47) 0.18 (0.08, 0.40) 0.37 (0.18, 0.77)
Maternal gambling child age 6 years
 < Weekly 1.88 (1.20, 2.93) 1.78 (1.11, 2.86) 1.51 (0.90, 2.52)
  ≥ Weekly 2.06 (1.31, 3.26) 2.58 (1.70, 3.91) 2.43 (1.50, 3.93)
Paternal gambling child age 6 years
 < Weekly 1.53 (0.84, 2.81) 1.67 (1.00, 2.78) 1.59 (0.95, 2.66) 1.33 (0.75, 2.36)
 ≥ Weekly 2.19 (1.12, 4.29) 2.23 (1.25, 3.98) 1.84 (1.09, 3.10) 2.23 (1.20, 4.12)
Mother’s gambling child age 18 years
 No problem gambler 1.51 (1.01, 2.26)
 Low–high risk gambler 1.74 (0.60, 5.10)
Housing child age 18 years
 Council/housing association 2.60 (1.31, 5.14)

Those significant after full adjustment at one or more time points are shown in bold. The blank entries are either non-significant or not measured at that age