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Table 3 Multivariate logistic analysis of alcohol consumption patterns and other correlates of alcohol-related aggression

From: Evaluation of drinking patterns and their impact on alcohol-related aggression: a national survey of adolescent behaviours

 

Alcohol-related aggression

 

Males

Females

 

adj OR (95% CI)

adj OR (95% CI)

Drinking patterns

  

 Drinking to excess

1.41 (1.34–1.49) ***

1.62 (1.49–1.77) ***

 Drinking with intoxication

1.20 (1.09–1.31) ***

1.17 (1.00–1.37)

 Drinking but not to excess

0.88 (0.82–0.94) ***

0.86 (0.77–0.97) *

Age

0.90 (0.85–0.96) ***

…§

Friends’ behaviour with alcohol

  

 Regular drinkers but few get drunk

1.24 (0.80–1.92)

 Regular drinkers and most get drunk

2.06 (1.32–3.21) ***

Substance use

  

 Cannabis in the last year

1.68 (1.40–2.01) ***

1.86 (1.41–2.45) ***

 Other illegal substances

2.32 (1.79–3.01) ***

2.96 (2.04–4.28) ***

 Daily use of cigarettes in the last month

1.51 (1.26–1.82) ***

School

  

 Truancy (≥3 days in the last month)

1.43 (1.18–1.72) ***

1.51 (1.11–2.04) **

 Scholastic achievement in the last term

0.82 (0.70–0.96) *

0.76 (0.60–0.98) *

Family

  

 Parental monitoring (frequent or always)

0.68 (0.57–0.80) ***

Leisure time

  

 Sports activities (almost daily)

1.49 (1.27–1.74) ***

 Going out in the evening (almost daily)

1.44 (1.22–1.70) ***

1.37 (1.05–1.80) *

  1. adj OR: adjusted odds ratios, CI: confidence interval, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.
  2. § Ellipses indicate that the variable was excluded from the multivariate model because of p ≥ 0.05.