Awareness of alcohol as a risk factor for cancer is associated with public support for alcohol policies

Bates, Sarah; Holmes, John; Gavens, Lucy; de Matos, Elena Gomes; Li, Jessica; Ward, Bernadette; Hooper, Lucie; Dixon, Simon; Buykx, Penny

doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5581-8

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Multiple regression analyses – Variables predicting support for alcohol policy factor scores

From: Awareness of alcohol as a risk factor for cancer is associated with public support for alcohol policies

	Price and Availability				Marketing and Information				Harm Reduction				Drink driving
	Beta	95% CI		P value	Beta	95% CI		P value	Beta	95% CI		P value	Beta	95% CI		P value
Age	−0.09	−0.37	0.19	0.52	0.13	−0.15	0.41	.350	−0.02	−0.32	0.29	.898	0.49	0.20	0.79	< 0.001
Age^2	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.21	−0.02	−0.16	0.00	.909	−0.01	−0.16	0.00	.922	−0.46	−0.46	0.05	< 0.001
Gender
Male
Female	0.05	0.01	0.09	0.02	0.11	0.07	0.16	< 0.001	0.09	0.04	0.13	< 0.001	0.13	0.09	0.18	< 0.001
IMD Quintile
Least deprived
Low deprivation	0.01	−0.04	0.06	−0.67	−0.01	−0.06	0.05	0.84	−0.05	−0.11	0.00	0.07	0.02	−0.04	0.08	0.47
Average	0.02	−0.03	0.08	.043	0.03	−0.03	0.08	0.39	−0.05	−0.10	0.01	0.11	0.05	−0.01	0.11	0.09
High Deprivation	0.01	−0.05	0.07	0.76	0.02	−0.04	0.07	0.56	−0.04	−0.10	0.01	0.14	0.01	−0.05	0.07	0.84
Most Deprived	0.05	−0.01	0.11	0.10	0.03	−0.03	0.09	0.27	−0.04	−0.10	0.02	0.18	0.04	−0.02	0.10	0.24
Qualification
None
Below degree	0.01	−0.05	0.07	0.80	0.00	−0.14	0.14	0.99	0.04	−0.04	0.11	.327	−0.09	−0.16	−0.02	0.02
Above degree	0.06	−0.01	0.13	0.09	0.05	−0.02	0.12	0.20	0.11	0.04	0.18	.003	−0.03	− 0.11	0.04	0.38
Smoking Status
Non smoker
Ex Smoker	−0.01	− 0.06	0.03	0.55	0.02	−0.03	0.07	0.38	−0.02	−0.07	0.03	.445	0.06	0.01	0.11	0.02
Smoker	−0.01	−0.06	0.04	0.67	−0.01	−0.06	0.04	0.58	−0.01	−0.06	0.05	.858	0.01	−0.04	0.06	0.66
Alcohol
None
Lower risk	−0.35	−0.42	−0.28	< 0.001	−0.22	−0.29	−0.14	< 0.001	−0.15	−0.22	−0.07	< 0.001	−0.11	−0.19	−0.04	< 0.001
Increasing risk	−0.55	−0.62	−0.48	< 0.001	−0.37	−0.44	−0.30	< 0.001	−0.24	−0.32	−0.17	< 0.001	−0.23	−0.30	−0.15	< 0.001
Highest risk	−0.40	−0.45	−0.34	< 0.001	−0.26	−0.32	−0.20	< 0.001	−0.19	−0.25	−0.13	< 0.001	−0.15	−0.21	−0.09	< 0.001
Alcohol-cancer Awareness
None
Prompted	0.05	0.01	0.10	0.02	0.05	0.00	0.09	0.04	0.09	0.05	0.14	< 0.001	0.04	−0.01	0.08	0.12
Unprompted	0.06	0.01	0.10	0.01	0.11	0.06	0.15	< 0.001	0.16	0.11	0.20	< 0.001	0.07	0.02	0.11	< 0.001

p value representing significance are set in italics

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