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Table 3 Association of lifetime heavy-drinking with physical disorders

From: Lifetime and twelve-month prevalence of heavy-drinking in Singapore: Results from a representative cross-sectional study

 

Life-time heavy drinking

Twelve-month heavy drinking

 

Yes n(%)

No n(%)

Crude ORs (95% CI)1

Adjusted ORs (95% CI)2

Yes n(%)

No n(%)

Crude ORs (95% CI)1

Adjusted ORs (95% CI)2

Diabetes

60(6.8)

587(9.4)

0.70(0.46,1.07)

1.32(0.81,2.16)

37(4.4)

612(9.6)

0.43(0.25,0.72)

1.03(0.55,1.93)

Hypertension/High blood pressure

128(14.3)

957(20.8)

0.64(0.48,0.84)

1.12(0.78,1.61)

94(12.1)

995(20.8)

0.52(0.38,0.72)

1.14(0.77,1.71)

Chronic pain

172(16.9)

797(15.0)

1.15(0.89,1.48)

1.44(1.07,1.93)

136(16.4)

837(15.2)

1.10(0.83,1.45)

1.37(0.99,1.89)

Respiratory conditions

142(13.5)

562(8.6)

1.66(1.25,2.20)

1.18(0.84,1.66)

117(14.5)

590(8.7)

1.78(1.32,2.41)

1.23(0.86,1.76)

Cardiovascular conditions

32(2.6)

198(3.9)

0.66(0.36,1.20)

1.26(0.63,2.51)

17(1.2)

213(4.0)

0.29(0.13,0.62)

0.63(0.25,1.61)

Neurological conditions

19(2.4)

179(4.2)

0.56(0.31,1.02)

0.98(0.52,1.85)

13(2.4)

187(4.2)

0.55(0.28,1.09)

1.08(0.52,2.24)

Cancer

5(0.2)

36(0.8)

0.27(0.10,0.78)

0.35(0.10,1.19)

4(0.2)

37(0.8)

0.30(0.10,0.94)

0.50(0.14,1.77)

Ulcers and chronic inflamed bowels

25(2.9)

94(1.9)

1.56(0.86,2.82)

1.46(0.69,3.12)

19(2.3)

101(2.0)

1.18(0.60,2.30)

0.933(0.39,2.25)

Any chronic physical condition

400(40.5)

2353(43.1)

0.90(0.74,1.09)

1.19(0.95,1.50)

306(38.0)

2454(43.3)

0.80(0.65,0.99)

1.11(0.86,1.43)

  1. OR = Odds Ratios 95% CI = 95% Confidence Intervals. Estimates in bold are statistically significant.
  2. 1Simple logistic regression analyses.
  3. 2Multiple logistic regression analyses; adjusted for adjusted for age (4 age groups), gender, ethnicity (Chinese, Malays, Indians, Others), income level (3 categories), education level (4 categories), marital status (4 categories) and employment status (3 categories).