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Table 3 Risk of undiagnosed alcohol-related hospital admission resulting from alcohol-related police incidents for individuals aged 12–24 admitted between 2004–2015

From: The hidden impact of alcohol on young victims: an analysis of alcohol-related police offences resulting in hospitalisation

Characteristic

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)a

Sex

  

 Female

1.39 (1.09, 1.78)**

1.42 (1.07, 1.90)*

 Male

REF

REF

Ethnicity

  

 Non-Aboriginal

1.15 (0.91, 1.45)

1.29 (0.96, 1.73)

 Aboriginal

REF

REF

Presented to ED

  

 No

1.83 (0.79, 5.02)

2.28 (0.93, 6.47)

 Yes

REF

REF

Prior ARH admission

  

 No

2.03 (1.52, 2.70)***

1.69 (1.23, 2.32)**

 Yes

REF

REF

Prior DCP notification

  

 No

1.01 (0.77, 1.31)

0.90 (0.66, 1.24)

 Yes

REF

REF

Prior courts involvement

  

 No

1.54 (1.22, 1.95)**

1.22 (0.94, 1.57)

 Yes

REF

REF

Incident involvement

  

 Victim

2.95 (2.16, 4.03)***

2.57 (1.86, 3.58)***

 Offender

REF

REF

  1. a Multivariate model adjusted for all listed characteristics, including age at police incident and birth cohort year to account for differing length of follow-up time
  2. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.0001