Table 4 Factors associated with different patterns of at-risk drinking: Men ≥60 years (current drinkers, n = 3,830) in the Tromsø survey (2015-16)
At-risk drinkinga (n = 1,756) vs. low risk drinking (n = 2,074) | Heavy episodic drinkingb (n = 2,160) vs. no heavy episodic drinking (n = 1,645) | Alcohol problemsc (n = 1,198) vs. no alcohol problem (n = 2,559) | ||||
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Predictor | Adjusted OR† | 95% CI | Adjusted OR† | 95% CI | Adjusted OR† | 95% CI |
Age (ref group: 60-69) | 1.00 | ref | 1.00 | ref | 1.00 | ref |
70–79 | 0.50** | 0.43-0.57 | 0.46** | 0.40-0.54 | 0.57** | 0.49-0.67 |
≥80 | 0.22** | 0.16-0.31 | 0.15** | 0.11-0.20 | 0.17** | 0.11-0.27 |
Educational level (ref group: Elementary school) | 1.00 | ref | 1.00 | ref | 1.00 | ref |
High school | 1.24* | 1.04-1.48 | 0.95 | 0.79-1.13 | 1.11 | 0.92-1.34 |
College/university | 1.73** | 1.48-2.04 | 0.90 | 0.76-1.06 | 1.19 | 1.00-1.41 |
Living with a spouse or partner (vs. living alone) | 1.00 | 0.84-1.19 | 0.80* | 0.67-0.96 | 0.82* | 0.68-0.98 |
Enough social support (vs. not) | 1.10 | 0.92-1.32 | 1.18 | 0.98-1.42 | 0.79* | 0.66-0.96 |
Self-reported health status (ref group: Bad or very bad) | 1.00 | ref | 1.00 | ref | 1.00 | ref |
Neither good nor bad | 0.82 | 0.59-1.13 | 1.25 | 0.90-1.74 | 0.78 | 0.56-1.09 |
Good | 0.87 | 0.64-1.19 | 1.32 | 0.96-1.82 | 0.64** | 0.46-0.88 |
Excellent | 0.84 | 0.58-1.21 | 1.19 | 0.82-1.74 | 0.46** | 0.31-0.68 |
Mental distress (vs. no mental distress) | 1.24 | 0.85-1.80 | 1.35 | 0.90-2.00 | 2.29** | 1.59-3.32 |
Have used sleeping pills during last 4 weeks (vs.no use last 4 weeks) | 1.58** | 1.22-2.05 | 1.18 | 0.90-1.54 | 1.57** | 1.20-2.05 |