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Table 3 Odds ratios for the association between wave 0 drinking profiles, socio-demographic characteristics and health behaviours and self-rated health at wave 0

From: Is alcohol consumption in older adults associated with poor self-rated health? Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Independent variables

Unadjusted

Adjusteda

Odds ratio

95 % C.I. for OR

Sig. Level

Odds ratio

95 % C.I. for OR

Sig. Level

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

Reference Category

        

Drinking Profile 1

        

Drinking Profile 2

0.69

0.58

0.82

<.01

0.83

0.69

1.00

0.05

Drinking Profile 3

0.75

0.59

0.97

0.03

1.07

0.81

1.41

0.64

Drinking Profile 4

0.91

0.65

1.27

0.59

0.81

0.57

1.16

0.26

Drinking Profile 5

0.50

0.12

2.07

0.33

0.34

0.08

1.46

0.15

Drinking Profile 6

0.48

0.37

0.64

<.01

0.66

0.50

0.89

0.01

Drinking Profile 7

0.81

0.53

1.22

0.31

0.71

0.46

1.11

0.13

Wealth. Reference category- wealth quintile 1 [lowest 20 %)

        

Wealth quintile 2 (21–40 %)

0.60

0.50

0.73

<.01

0.63

0.52

0.77

<.01

Wealth quintile 3 (41–60 %)

0.29

0.23

0.36

<.01

0.32

0.25

0.40

<.01

Wealth quintile 4 (61–80 %)

0.23

0.18

0.29

<.01

0.27

0.21

0.35

<.01

Wealth quintile 5 (81–100 %-wealthiest)

0.12

0.09

0.16

<.01

0.16

0.11

0.23

<.01

Social class. Reference Category: Manual

        

Social class. Intermediate

0.86

0.73

1.03

0.10

1.15

0.95

1.38

0.15

Social class. Professional

0.37

0.30

0.46

<.01

0.85

0.66

1.10

0.22

Education. Reference Category: No qualifications

        

Education. Secondary Education

0.54

0.46

0.64

<.01

0.72

0.60

0.86

<.01

Education. Degree or Above

0.27

0.21

0.34

<.01

0.51

0.38

0.68

<.01

Household Size. Reference Category: Living Alone

        

Household size: 2 or more people in household

0.68

0.58

0.80

<.01

0.90

0.75

1.08

0.20

Gender. Reference Category: Male

        

Gender-Female

0.70

0.60

0.81

<.01

0.58

0.49

0.68

<.01

Age-group. Reference Category: 45–64

        

Age-group. 65–74

1.07

0.89

1.27

0.47

0.85

0.70

1.02

0.09

Age-group. 75+

1.25

1.02

1.55

0.03

0.76

0.60

0.97

0.03

Smoking: Reference Category: Never smoked

        

used to smoke occasionally

1.26

0.88

1.80

0.20

1.23

0.84

1.81

0.28

used to smoke regularly

1.70

1.41

2.06

<.01

1.41

1.15

1.73

<.01

current smoker

2.62

2.13

3.21

<.01

1.77

1.41

2.20

<.01

BMI: Reference Category: <20

        

20–25

0.52

0.32

0.86

0.01

0.80

0.45

1.40

0.43

25–30

0.75

0.47

1.21

0.24

1.09

0.63

1.88

0.76

>30

1.06

0.66

1.72

0.80

1.43

0.82

2.50

0.20

  1. aAdjusted for W1-wealth, W1-social class, W1-education, W1-household size, W0-gender, W0-age, W0-smoking, W0-BMI