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Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nutr. 2014 Apr 8;18(3):464–473. doi: 10.1017/S1368980014000433

Table 4.

Multinomial logistic regression of characteristics associated with drinking status among Puerto Rican men (n 381) aged 45–75 years from the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study (BPRHS) cohort, 2004–2009^†

	LA		FD		HD
	RRR^‡	95 % CI	RRR^‡	95 % CI	RRR^‡	95 % CI
Age (years)	0·92^**	0·86, 0·98	0·97	0·94, 1·01	0·94^**	0·90, 0·98
Education level
Elementary/middle	1·00		1·00		1·00
High school	0·46	0·16, 1·33	0·82	0·43, 1·55	1·06	0·51, 2·21
Post-secondary	0·23	0·04, 1·29	0·48	0·20, 1·15	0·49	0·16, 1·48
Marital status
Unmarried	1·00		1·00		1·00
Married	0·76	0·29, 2·00	0·81	0·45, 1·43	0·97	0·49, 1·92
Income ($US)^§	0·98	0·95, 1·02	1·00	0·98, 1·01	0·98^*	0·96, 0·99
Employment
Employed	1·00		1·00		1·00
Unemployed	0·54	0·12, 2·33	0·87	0·39, 1·97	1·25	0·51, 3·08
Language preference
English	1·00		1·00		1·00
Spanish	0·85	0·14, 5·13	1·49	0·51, 4·33	2·21	0·58, 8·46
Both equally	1·08	0·16, 7·29	1·39	0·47, 4·15	1·47	0·36, 5·99
Diabetes status
No diabetes	1·00		1·00		1·00
Diabetes	2·08	0·70, 6·13	1·60	0·85, 2·99	1·78	0·84, 3·76
Emotional support score^\|\|	1·02	0·93, 1·13	1·02	0·96, 1·08	0·99	0·92, 1·06
PAS score^¶	0·95	0·88, 1·02	0·97	0·93, 1·02	0·97	0·92, 1·02
Medication use^††
Yes	1·00		1·00		1·00
No	1·45	0·49, 4·33	0·56^*	0·33, 0·98	1·83	0·83, 4·02
BMI (kg/m²)	0·98	0·89, 1·09	0·99	0·93, 1·05	0·98	0·91, 1·05

LA, lifetime abstainer; FD, former drinker; HD, heavy drinker; RRR, relative risk ratio; PAS, Psychological Acculturation Scale.

P < 0·05,

^**

P < 0·01.

^†

Moderate drinking (MD) was used as the reference category.

^‡

Indicates the ratio of the probability of choosing one outcome category over the probability of choosing the baseline category.

^§

Per 1000 $US.

^||

Emotional support score range 2–256.

^¶

PAS score range 1–45.

^††

Taking one or more medications for which alcohol is contraindicated.