Intra-household evaluations of alcohol abuse in men with depression and suicide in women: A cross-sectional community-based study in Chennai, India

Table 3 Intra-household association^a of depression in women and alcohol drinking (AUDIT score) among men in Chennai, India

	Mild depression (PHQ-9 = 5-9)						Moderate-severe depression (PHQ-9 = 10-27)						Any depression^b (PHQ-9 = 5-27)
Drinking pattern (AUDIT score)	Age-adjusted OR	95 % CI	P value	Multi-variate OR^c	95 % CI	P value	Age-adjusted OR	95 % CI	P value	Multi-variate OR^c	95 % CI	P Value	Age- adjusted OR	95 % CI	P value	Multi-variate OR^c	95 % CI	P value
Non-drinkers (score^d: 0–7)	Ref.			Ref.			Ref.			Ref.			Ref.			Ref.
Low risk (score: 8–15)	1.97	(0.99, 3.90)	0.05	1.80	(0.73, 4.44)	0.19	1.18	(0.55, 2.49)	0.66	1.15	(0.41, 3.23)	0.78	1.88	(1.01, 3.49)	0.04	1.64	(0.71, 3.78)	0.24
Harmful, hazardous (score: 16–19)	1.14	(0.50, 2.61)	0.75	1.03	(0.38, 2.79)	0.95	1.66	(0.72, 3.81)	0.22	1.49	(0.51, 4.30)	0.46	1.40	(0.69, 2.86)	0.34	1.06	(0.44, 2.53)	0.88
Alcohol dependence (score: 20–45)	1.11	(0.61, 2.03)	0.71	0.99	(0.46, 2.12)	0.98	0.69	(0.34, 1.37)	0.29	0.82	(0.32, 2.09)	0.67	1.01	(0.57, 1.76)	0.97	0.85	(0.42, 1.72)	0.65

^aBased on logistic regression models with correlated errors accounting for intra-group correlation of depression in women of the same household
^bAny depression is defined as a composite variable for mild, moderate, moderately severe and severe depression
^cAdjusted for age, occupation, monthly household expenditures, physical activity, number of household members, pain in past 4 weeks, number of self-reported NCD’s (eg, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, angina, kidney, cancer, asthma)
^dAUDIT score

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