Characteristic | Alcohol users | Alcohol abuse | Alcohol dependence | Alcohol users compared to non-users | Alcohol abuse compared to non- abusers | Alcohol dependent compared to non-dependent |
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n/N (%) | n/N (%) | n/N (%) | Adjusted ORa | Adjusted ORa | Adjusted ORa | |
Whole sample (95 % CIs) | 1729/2730 (63.1) | 170/2730 (6.2) | 110/2729 (4.0) | |||
(61.5-65.1) | (5.3-7.1) | (3.3-4.8) | ||||
Twin Status | ||||||
Twin (reference) | 1063/1819 (58.4) | 116/1819 (6.4) | 59/1818 (3.3) | - | - | - |
Non-twin | 669/911 (73.7) | 54/911 (5.9) | 51/911 (5.6)** | 1.4 (1.1-1.7)** | .96 (0.7-1.4) | 1.5 (.96-2.3) |
Age (quartiles) | ||||||
1st (16–24 yrs) (reference) | 267/730 (36.9) | 25/730 (3.4) | 11/730 (1.5) | - | - | - |
2nd (25–34 yrs) | 470/672 (69.9)** | 54/672 (8.0)** | 29/672 (4.3)** | 2.6 (1.8-3.7)** | 3.1 (1.7-5.9)** | 3.3 (1.4-7.6)** |
3rd (35–46 yrs) | 456/605 (75.4)** | 48/605 (7.9)** | 30/604 (5.0)** | 2.2 (1.3-3.7) | 4.4 (1.8-10.9)** | 4.1 (1.3-12.8)* |
4th (47–89 yrs) | 534/721 (74.1)** | 42/721 (5.8)* | 40/721 (5.6)** | 1.3 (0.6-3.1) | 5.2 (1.3-20.1)* | 4.9 (1.0-24.4) |
Ethnicity | ||||||
Sinhala (reference) | 1635/2519 (64.9) | 156/2519 (6.2) | 106/2518 (4.2) | - | - | - |
Non-Sinhala | 94/211 (44.6)** | 14/211 (6.6) | 4/211 (1.9) | 0.4 (0.3-0.6)** | 1.2 (0.6-2.3) | 0.5 (0.2-1.3) |
Marital status | ||||||
Married (reference) | 1204/1609 (74.8) | 111/1609 (6.9) | 75/1608 (4.7) | - | - | - |
Never married | 485/1074 (45.2)** | 56/1074 (5.2) | 29/1074 (2.7)* | 0.6 (0.4-0.8)** | 1.1 (0.7-1.7) | 1.2 (.6-2.3) |
Previously married | 38/45 (84.4) | 2/45 (4.4) | 6/45 (13.3)* | 1.6 (0.7-3.7) | .74 (0.2-3.2) | 2.7 (1.0-7.1)* |
Years of schooling | ||||||
Up to 10 (reference) | 696/976 (71.3) | 69/976 (7.1) | 58/975 (6.0) | - | - | - |
11-12 | 611/987 (61.9)** | 61/987 (6.2) | 32/987 (3.2)** | 0.82 (0.7-1.0) | 0.88 (0.6-1.3) | 0.6 (0.4-1.0)* |
13+ | 405/738 (54.9)** | 38/738 (5.2) | 19/738 (2.6)** | 0.63 (0.5-0.8) | 0.79 (0.5-1.2) | 0.50 (0.3-0.9)* |
Urbanicity | ||||||
Semi-urban (reference) | 1017/1645 (61.8) | 105/1645 (6.4) | 61/1644 (3.7) | - | - | - |
Urban | 711/1084 (65.6) | 65/1084 (6.2) | 49/1084 (4.5) | 1.4 (1.2-1.7)** | .93 (0.7-1.3) | 1.27 (0.8-1.9) |