Table 6.

Factors associated with the use of health services according to the pattern of alcohol consumption: logistic regression model.

Visits to the Emergency Department								Visits to Primary Care
Variables		Hazardous Drinking			Binge Drinking			Hazardous Drinking			Binge Drinking
		OR *	95% CI	p	OR *	95% CI	p	OR *	95% CI	p	OR *	95% CI	p
Sex	Men	0.74	0.68–0.82	<0.001	0.77	0.70–0.85	<0.001	0.64	0.57–0.72	<0.001	0.65	0.58–0.72	<0.001
	Women	1			1			1			1
Age	17–20	1			1			1			1
	21–24	0.98	0.83–1.15	0.806	0.98	0.83–1.14	0.762	1.08	0.91–1.29	0.366	1.09	0.91–1.29	0.357
	≥25	1.10	0.84–1.20	0.948	0.99	0.83–1.19	0.986	1.17	0.96–1.42	0.120	1.17	0.96–1.42	0.120
Occupation	Student	1.10	0.88–1.20	0.680	1.025	0.88–1.19	0.881	1.19	1.02–1.41	0.044	1.20	1.02–1.40	0.030
	Student and employee	0.81	0.73–0.89	<0.001	0.81	0.73–0.89	0.730	0.74	0.66–0.83	0.590	0.74	0.67–0.83	<0.001
	Student and looking for work	1			1			1			1
Residence	University residence	0.77	0.71–0.84	0.706	0.78	0.71–0.85		1.04	0.89–1.22	0.590	1.04	0.89–1.22	0.578
	Family/own home	1			1		<0.001	1			1
	Rental apartment	1.08	0.94–1.23	0.942	1.09	0.95–1.25	<0.001	1.11	1.01–1.22	0.044	1.10	1.01–1.22	0.048
Degree	Arts and Humanities	1.11	0.97–1.26	0.123	0.88	0.75–1.03	0.115	0.91	0.76–1.09	0.312	0.91	0.76–1.09	0.311
	Sciences	1			1			1			1
	Health Sciences	1.15	0.99–1.33	0.056	1.14	0.98–1.31	0.080	1.07	0.91–1.26	0.394	1.07	0.91–1.26	0.408
	Social and Legal Sciences	1.12	0.98–1.28	0.097	1.11	0.97–1.27	0.127	1.09	0.94–1.27	0.225	1.10	0.94–1.27	0.226
	Engineering and architecture	1.03	0.86–1.23	0.718	1.02	0.57–1.22	0.793	0.89	0.73–1.10	0.284	0.89	0.73–1.09	0.277

aOR = adjusted odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval. * Adjusted by age, sex, residence, occupation, degree, and pattern of alcohol consumption.