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Table 2 Probability of endorsing (scoring more than 0) on AUDIT items across retained classes

From: Sociodemographic characteristics associated with alcohol consumption and alcohol-related consequences, a latent class analysis of The Norwegian WIRUS screening study

 

Class 1

(38.2%)

Class 2

(47.2%)

Class 3

(14.6%)

Item 1

 ‘How often do you have a drink containing alcohol’

81.2%

99.8%

100.0%

Frequency (Never 1x or less a month; 2-4x a month; 2-3x a week; 4x or more a week)

Item 2

 ‘How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking’

17.9%

64.7%

87.6%

Quantity (1–2 drinks; 3–4 drinks; 5–6 drinks; 7–9 drinks; 10 or more drinks)

Item 3

 ‘How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion’

0.1%

93.7%

99.1%

Heavy episodic drinking (Never; Seldom; Monthly; Weekly; Daily)

Item 4

 ‘How often have you found that you were not able to stop drinking’

0.1%

4.0%

45.2%

Not able to stop drinking (Never; Seldom; Monthly; Weekly; Daily)

Item 5

 ‘How often have you failed to do what was normally expected of you because of drinking’

0.3%

8.4%

50.5%

Failed to do what is expected (Never; Seldom; Monthly; Weekly; Daily)

Item 6

 ‘How often have needed a first drink in the morning […] after a heavy drinking session’

0.1%

0.9%

14.4%

(Never; Seldom; Monthly; Weekly; Daily)

Eye-opener

Item 7

 ‘How often have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking’

1.6%

13.8%

68.5%

Guilt (Never; Seldom; Monthly; Weekly; Daily)

Item 8

 ‘How often have you been unable to remember what happened […] because of you drinking’

0.1%

7.0%

63.3%

Memory loss (Never; Seldom; Monthly; Weekly; Daily)

Item 9

 ‘Have you or someone else been injured because of you drinking’

1.6%

4.4%

19.8%

Injury (No; Yes, but not during the last year; Yes, during the last year)

Item 10

 ‘Have others been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down’

0.8%

0.7%

17.3%

Concern/Cut-down (No; Yes, but not during the last year; Yes, during the last year)

  1. Items 1–8 have five levels yielding scores between 0 and 4
  2. Items 9 and 10 have three levels yielding the score 0, 2 or 4
  3. Class 1: ‘Low-level consumption, no negative consequences’
  4. Class 2: ‘Moderate level consumption, almost no negative consequences’
  5. Class 3: ‘Higher-level consumption, prone to negative consequences’