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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2021 May 7;45(6):1166–1187. doi: 10.1111/acer.14611

Table 10:

Adjusted odds ratios, 95% confidence intervals, and p-values for the associations of demographic and biologic variables with PEth sensitivity (PEth ≥8 ng/mL) among observations with unhealthy drinking reported and complete case data (sensitivity analyses). Statistically significant comparisons are bolded.

Predictors Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
N Studies 21 13 9
N 4073 3019 1773
AUDIT-C score*
 6 vs 4 1.78 (1.40–2.27, p<0.001) 1.62 (1.29–2.02, p<0.001) 1.45 (1.21–1.73, p<0.001)
 10 vs 4 3.37 (2.05–5.53, p<0.001) 2.62 (1.78–3.87, p<0.001) 2.12 (1.57–2.85, p<0.001)
Sex: Female vs Male 0.86 (0.61–1.22, p=0.396) 1.08 (0.80–1.47, p=0.610) 1.15 (0.76–1.76, p=0.511)
Race/ethnicity
 African vs White 2.41 (0.81–7.21, p=0.115) 2.96 (1.05–8.36, p=0.040) 3.59 (0.82–15.72, p=0.089)
 African American vs White 1.30 (0.96–1.76, p=0.090) 1.48 (0.99–2.22, p=0.055) 1.71 (1.08–2.68, p=0.021)
 Other vs White 1.16 (0.72–1.86, p=0.540) 1.06 (0.79–1.44, p=0.687) 1.21 (0.90–1.64, p=0.214)
Age*
 30 vs 20 1.44 (0.93–2.23, p=0.098) 1.61 (0.95–2.73, p=0.076) 1.24 (0.44–3.47, p=0.655)
 40 vs 20 1.81 (0.89–3.69, p=0.101) 2.17 (0.92–5.13, p=0.077) 1.23 (0.37–4.15, p=0.685)
 50 vs 20 1.98 (0.86–4.58, p=0.110) 2.45 (0.90–6.66, p=0.078) 1.14 (0.35–3.72, p=0.734)
 60 vs 20 1.88 (0.82–4.32, p=0.135) 2.31 (0.89–6.02, p=0.085) 1.24 (0.44–3.47, p=0.824)
Method of blood collection: Venous vs finger-prick 0.92 (0.29–2.93, p=0.885)
BMI (per 5 kg/m2) 0.74 (0.66–0.83, p<0.001) 0.72 (0.65–0.80, p<0.001)
Hemoglobin (per 5 g/dl) 2.19 (1.69–2.84, p<0.001) 2.63 (1.84–3.74, p<0.001)
HIV+ (vs HIV-) 0.78 (0.68–0.89, p<0.001) 0.76 (0.61–0.94, p=0.010)
FIB-4 score
 1.45–3.25 vs <1.45 1.27 (1.02–1.58, p=0.035)
 >3.25 vs <1.45 1.81 (1.27–2.59, p=0.001)
*

Fitted values from quadratic variable