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Table 4 Relationships between deprivation score (D)and tobacco, excessive alcohol, and frequent psychotropic drug use for various age groups among working and other non-retired people: odds ratios and 95% CI, vs. D = 0

From: Associations of social and material deprivation with tobacco, alcohol, and psychotropic drug use, and gender: a population-based study

 

Working and other non-retired people a

All the sample b

 

Age < 40 yr

Age ≥ 40 yr

Total

  

Men

        

No. of subjects

986

845

1831

2959

Tobacco use

D = 1

1.47*

1.04–2.07

1.42*

1.00–2.03

1.52‡

1.20–1.94

1.27*

1.04–1.56

D = 2

1.98‡

1.36–2.88

1.75†

1.16–2.65

2.00‡

1.53–2.63

1.73‡

1.37–2.18

D ≥ 3

3.43‡

2.20–5.37

1.98†

1.23–3.19

2.83‡

2.05–3.88

2.62‡

1.98–3.46

Excessive alcohol use

D = 1

2.09†

1.18–3.71

1.62*

1.02–2.57

1.68‡

1.19–2.39

1.46†

1.10–1.94

D = 2

1.88*

1.01–3.52

1.83*

1.07–3.10

1.66†

1.12–2.46

1.54†

1.12–2.12

D ≥ 3

1.97

0.97–4.01

2.29†

1.28–4.09

1.95†

1.25–3.03

2.26‡

1.58–3.23

Psychotropic drug use

D = 1

1.03

0.68–1.54

1.55*

1.05–2.28

1.24

0.94–1.64

1.32*

1.06–1.65

D = 2

1.64*

1.07–2.50

2.35‡

1.52–3.64

1.91‡

1.42–2.58

1.71‡

1.34–2.17

D ≥ 3

2.18†

1.34–3.53

2.40‡

1.46–3.96

2.30‡

1.63–3.24

2.22‡

1.67–2.96

Women

        

No. of subjects

1096

 

1094

 

2190

 

3257

 

Tobacco use

D = 1

1.25

0.93–1.70

0.97

0.64–1.47

1.18

0.93–1.49

1.21

0.98–1.51

D = 2

2.12‡

1.49–3.00

0.99

0.61–1.61

1.60‡

1.22–2.09

1.75‡

1.36–2.26

D ≥ 3

2.14‡

1.35–3.39

2.06†

1.20–3.51

2.01‡

1.43–2.82

2.06‡

1.48–2.86

Excessive alcohol use

D = 1

0.91

0.40–2.06

1.40

0.66–2.91

1.15

0.66–1.98

1.11

0.68–1.79

D = 2

1.52

0.65–3.56

0.91

0.35–2.36

1.21

0.64–2.26

1.43

0.84–2.44

D ≥ 3

0.62

0.14–2.86

0.84

0.23–3.04

0.74

0.28–1.97

1.10

0.51–2.33

Psychotropic drug use

D = 1

1.04

0.77–1.40

1.13

0.85–1.52

1.08

0.88–1.33

1.16

0.97–1.38

D = 2

1.20

0.85–1.69

1.53*

1.09–2.14

1.35*

1.06–1.72

1.36†

1.11–1.66

D ≥ 3

1.44

0.91–2.28

2.23‡

1.43–3.46

1.81‡

1.32–2.48

1.77‡

1.36–2.30

  1. *P < 0.05, †P < 0.01, ‡P < 0.001.
  2. aStudents were excluded (n = 643). bOdds ratios adjusted for age.