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Table 2 Factors influencing high-risk drinking (n = 23587)

From: Why is high-risk drinking more prevalent among men than women? evidence from South Korea

 

Males (n = 10796)

Females (n = 12791)

 

OR

95% CI

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

Age (years)

      

   < 30

1.000

  

1.000

  

   30-39

1.034

0.893-1.197

0.6566

0.513

0.416-0.634

< 0.0001

   40-49

0.978

0.834-1.145

0.7795

0.405

0.322-0.509

< 0.0001

   50-59

0.705

0.594-0.838

< 0.0001

0.195

0.146-0.260

< 0.0001

   ≥ 60

0.412

0.344-0.493

< 0.0001

0.060

0.043-0.085

< 0.0001

Marital status

      

   Non-married

1.000

  

1.000

  

   Married

0.872

0.773-0.984

0.0266

0.461

0.386-0.550

< 0.0001

Education

      

   Lower than college

1.000

  

1.000

  

   College or higher

0.949

0.855-1.052

0.3192

0.667

0.555-0.801

< 0.0001

   Occupation

      

   Unemployed

1.000

  

1.000

  

   Non-manual

1.049

0.907-1.213

0.5206

1.030

0.839-1.265

0.7749

   Manual

1.176

1.043-1.326

0.0083

1.380

1.167-1.632

0.0002

Household income

      

   Lowest quartile

1.000

  

1.000

  

   2nd lowest quartile

1.005

0.888-1.137

0.9379

1.137

0.920-1.406

0.2336

   2nd highest quartile

1.136

1.001-1.289

0.0479

1.165

0.941-1.442

0.1605

   Highest quartile

1.143

1.002-1.304

0.0464

1.138

0.910-1.423

0.2557

Body mass index

      

   < 20

1.000

  

1.000

  

   20-24

0.911

0.830-0.999

0.0488

0.769

0.655-0.903

0.0014

   25-29

1.238

1.109-1.383

0.0002

1.062

0.860-1.311

0.5779

   ≥ 30

1.495

1.113-2.007

0.0075

1.698

1.156-2.495

0.0070

Stress

      

   Very low

1.000

  

1.000

  

   Low

1.024

0.905-1.159

0.7064

1.023

0.806-1.298

0.8545

   High

1.230

1.078-1.404

0.0021

1.385

1.082-1.772

0.0097

   Very high

1.408

1.167-1.700

0.0004

1.782

1.285-2.471

0.0005

Survey year

      

   1998

1.000

  

1.000

  

   2001

1.046

0.947-1.155

0.3720

2.686

2.162-3.337

< 0.0001

   2005

1.488

1.349-1.642

< 0.0001

5.781

4.711-7.095

< 0.0001

   Log likelihood

 

-6896

  

-2910

 

   C-statistic

 

0.623

  

0.792

 
  1. Notes: OR denotes odds ratio; CI denotes confidence interval; household income is standardized by household size; a non-married marital status includes never-married, separated, widowed and divorced participants; unemployed status includes students and housewives; and the p-value is based on the Chi-square test.
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