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Table 3 Generalized Linear Model of additional units consumed per week through atypical and special occasion drinking

From: Holidays, celebrations, and commiserations: measuring drinking during feasting and fasting to improve national and individual estimates of alcohol consumption

    

95% CIs

 

Variable

 

Category

B

Lower

Upper

χ 2

P

Sex

 

Male

0.595

0.176

1.014

7.746

0.005

  

Female

Ref

    

Age

 

16–24

−1.035

−6.480

4.410

0.139

0.709

  

25–34

19.322

14.108

24.536

52.750

<0.001

  

35–44

3.649

−1.570

8.868

1.877

0.171

  

45–54

10.815

6.497

15.132

24.101

<0.001

  

55–64

0.015

−4.271

4.302

0

0.994

  

65–74

−2.807

−7.013

1.400

1.710

0.191

  

75+

Ref

(χ2 = 200.013, P <0.001)

   

Typical alcohol consumption category a

Lower risk

1

1.786

−2.008

5.580

0.851

0.356

 

2

2.343

−1.470

6.155

1.450

0.228

 

3

2.392

−1.564

6.348

1.405

0.236

Increasing risk

4

3.589

−0.685

7.862

2.709

0.100

 

5

0.962

−3.554

5.479

0.174

0.676

Higher risk

6

Ref

(χ2 = 104.936, P <0.001)

   

Interactions b

Age × Consumption

  

(χ2 = 249.211, P <0.001)

   
 

Age × Sex

  

(χ2 = 3.277, P = 0.773)

   
 

Consumption × Sex

  

(χ2 = 7.688, P = 0.174)

   
  1. aPrior to adjustment for atypical/special alcohol consumption; see Box 1. Non-significant terms were removed from the model. Figures in brackets represent overall statistical significance of variable when independent variable has more than two categories. bOnly overall statistics are presented for interactions due to space constraints. 95% CI, 95% Confidence intervals; Ref, Reference category.