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Table 5 Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) of variables associated with lifestyle risk factors

From: “Do as we say, not as we do?” the lifestyle behaviours of hospital doctors working in Ireland: a national cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Smoking

Binge Drinking

Physical Inactivity

OR (CI)

p

OR (CI)

p

OR (CI)

p

Age

  ≤ 30

.87 (.34–2.21)

.765

4.85 (1.8–13.04)

.002

.76 (.41–1.41)

.378

 31–40

.60 (.26–1.35)

.214

2.06 (.88–4.79)

.095

1.20 (.72–2.01)

.48

 41–50

.77 (.45–1.32)

.336

.93 (.47–1.84)

.839

1.49 (1.02–2.16)

.036

  > 50

1

 

1

 

1

 

Sex

 Male

1.8 (1.26–2.62)

.002

7.61 (4.82–12.03)

.000

.75 (.58–.97)

.026

 Female

1

 

1

 

1

 

Work Grade

 Consultant

.55 (.26–1.17)

.119

.57 (.26–1.23)

.151

.54 (.35–.86)

.008

 Trainee

1

 

1

 

1

 

Nationality

 Irish

1

.928

1

.001

1

.116

 Non-Irish

1.02 (.62–1.68)

 

.25 (.11–.58)

 

1.31 (.94–1.83)

 

Specialty

 Anaesthetics

1.07 (.59–1.96)

.822

.80 (.42–1.56)

.514

.57 (.34–.93)

.026

 Emergency

1.94 (.94–4.01)

.075

1.24 (.55–2.78)

.604

1.22 (.66–2.26)

.522

 Obstetrics and Gynaecology

1.45 (.70–3.02)

.317

1.03 (.45–2.35)

.946

1.21 (.68–2.14)

.516

 Ophthalmology

.98 (.27–3.57)

.979

1.17 (.30–4.57)

.826

1.36 (.56–3.29)

.492

 Paediatrics

.60 (.27–1.33)

.208

.87 (.40–1.86)

.709

.87 (.52–1.46)

.592

 Pathology

.95 (.43–2.06)

.888

.68 (.28–1.66)

.398

1.08 (.63–1.86)

.772

 Physicians

.69 (.38–1.30)

.214

.49 (.26–.93)

.03

1.04 (.68–1.57)

.868

 Psychiatry

.68 (.34–1.37)

.284

.80 (.39–1.65)

.54

1.22 (.77–1.93)

.401

 Surgery

1

 

1

 

1

 

Mean Hours Worked

  < 40

1.58 (.67–3.71)

.295

1.28 (.40–4.17)

.677

.70 (.38–1.30)

.259

 40–80

.86 (.46–1.59)

.63

1.35 (.66–2.76)

.41

.56 (.36–87)

.010

  > 80

1

 

1

 

1

 

Marital Status

 Married or cohabitating

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Single

1.76 (1.13–2.72)

.012

2.30 (1.44–3.67)

.000

.75 (.55–1.03)

.079

 Divorced or separated

1.74 (.70–4.31)

.23

2.49 (.85–7.29)

.095

.52 (.28–1.21)

.128