Evaluation of work-based screening for early signs of alcohol-related liver disease in hazardous and harmful drinkers: the PrevAIL study

Table 2 Factors associated with a positive liver disease screen using the Southampton Traffic Light classification system (n = 124)

Characteristic	Univariate analysis^a			Logistic regression
	n	%	P	AOR	95 % CI	P
Gender			0.181			0.276
Male	76	34.2		1.71	0.65–4.47
Female	48	22.9		Reference category
Age			0.637			0.857
36–45	61	27.9		Reference category
46–55	63	31.7		1.08	0.46–2.56
Deprivation quintile			0.077			0.141
Quintiles 1 & 2 (most affluent)	47	27.7		Reference category
Quintile 3	31	41.9		1.75	0.62–4.94
Quintile 4	19	5.3		0.83	0.01–0.83
Quintile 5 (most deprived)	24	37.5		1.09	0.32–3.67
Missing	3	33.3		1.61	0.12–22.33
Frequency of family physician/ nurse visits in last year			0.036	Not included in model.
Never	22	18.2
Less than monthly	89	28.1
At least monthly	12	58.3
Missing	1	100.0
Dependence on Alcohol^b			0.280			0.069
No dependence	98	27.6		Reference category
Mild or moderate dependence	26	38.5		2.85	0.92–8.84
Drinking classification^c			0.475	Not included in model.
Increasing risk	99	31.3
Higher risk	25	24.0
Obesity risk classification			0.052			0.094
No increased risk	61	19.7		Reference category
Increased risk	28	39.3		2.54	0.86–7.46
High risk or very high risk	35	40.0		2.84	0.99–8.17
Blood pressure			0.385			0.939
Low or normal blood pressure	84	29.8		Reference category
High blood pressure	36	33.3		0.83	0.30–2.29
Missing	4	0.0		0.00	0.00–0.00
Total	124	29.6

AOR Adjusted odds ratios
^aPearson χ2 ^bSADQ score 4–34. ^cFor men, lower risk: <22 units in previous week; increasing risk: 22–50 units; higher risk: >50 units. For women: lower risk: <15 units; increasing risk: 15–35 units; higher risk: >35 units

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