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Table 4 Bivariate and multivariate analysis of alcohol use disorders and associated factors among alcohol user medical and surgical outpatients at Gondar university hospital (n = 322), 2016

From: Assessment of alcohol use disorder and its associated factors among alcohol users of medical and surgical outpatients attending a specialized hospital in Gondar, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Categories

AUDs

OR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Yes

No

Sex

Female

16

101

1.00

1.00

Male

95

110

5.45 (3.01,9.88)

3.33 (1.40,7.93)**

Educational status

Can’t read and write

31

75

1.18 (0.55, 2.51)

1.61 (0.46, 5.68)

Read and write only

25

21

3.39 (1.44, 7.99)

2.94 (0.79, 10.94)

Primary school(1–8)

31

43

2.05 (0.94, 4.49)

1.62 (0.52, 5.00)

Secondary (9–12)

11

35

0.9 (0.35, 2.26)

0.93 (0.28, 3.03)

Above grade, 12th

13

37

1.00

1.00

Mental illness history

No

94

198

1.00

1.00

Yes

17

13

2.76 (1.29, 5.91)

2.68 (1.12, 6.38)*

Diagnosis of injury

No

97

199

1.00

1.00

Yes

14

12

2.39 (1.07, 5.37)

2.06 (0.82, 5.15)

Drinking for relaxation

No

70

167

1.00

1.00

Yes

41

44

2.22 (1.34, 3.70)

1.88 (1.02, 3.48)*

Lifetime use of tobacco

No

96

204

1.00

1.00

Yes

15

7

4.56 (1.80,11.53)

5.64 (1.95, 16.3)**

Drinking due to peer pressure

No

86

180

1.00

1.00

Yes

25

31

1.69 (0.94, 3.03)

1.26 (0.64, 2.50)

Occupation

Employed

11

28

1.00

1.00

Housewife

8

48

0.42 (0.15, 1.18)

1.59 (0.33, 7.56)

Merchant

13

20

1.66 (0.62, 4.44)

1.60 (0.47, 5.54)

Daily laborer

6

7

2.18 (0.6, 7.96)

2.04 (0.42, 10.01)

Student

9

32

0.72 (0.26, 1.98)

1.10 (0.34, 3.52)

Farmer

50

58

2.19 (1.00, 4.85)

1.96 (0.63, 6.07)

OthersO

14

18

1.98 (0.74, 5.31)

2.37 (0.71, 7.88)

  1. Significance * (p-value < 0.05), and ** (p-value < 0.01)