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Table 2 Alcohol consumption of persons in bereavement

From: Alcohol use in the first three years of bereavement: a national representative survey

 

Bereaved for one year

Bereaved for two years

Bereaved for three years

Non-bereaved-reference category

 

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

AUDIT total score

Mean

4.83

1.29

6.59

0.96

3.72

1.01

3.99

1.11

SD

4.37

2.24

6.95

1.59

3.60

1.34

4.13

1.99

At-risk

18,4%

2,8%

29,8%

1,4%

11,7%

1,0%

12,9%

2,0%

Wald chi-squares

1.433

0.598

11.450

0.347

0.032

0.338

  

Odds Ratio

1.445

1.569

2,783***

0.464

0.930

0.583

  

Hazardous alcohol use

Mean

4.88

1.47

5.63

1.24

4.32

1.33

4.45

1.29

SD

3.25

2.02

3.85

2.06

3.34

1.65

3.40

1.95

Wald chi-squares

1.316

1.348

7,871

< 0.001

0.112

1.074

  

Odds Ratio

1.27

1.25

1.94**

1.0

0.93

1.23

  

Dependence symptoms

Mean

0.24

0.00

0.30

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.10

0.01

SD

0.68

0.00

0.76

0.00

0.11

0.00

0.42

0.15

Wald chi-squares

4.075

< 0.001

11.075

< 0.001

1.811

< 0.001

  

Odds Ratio

2.07*

1.00

3.45***

1.00

0.19

1.00

  

Harmful alcohol use

Mean

0.39

0.00

0.40

0.01

0.05

0.01

0.14

0.02

SD

0.86

0.00

1.01

0.09

0.23

0.11

0.50

0.20

Wald chi-squares

10.668

< 0.001

6.385

0.111

0.892

0.072

  

Odds Ratio

2.64***

1.00

2.45*

0.63

0.57

0.78

  
  1. Ordinal regression model *: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01, ***: p < 0.001, df = 1. (Adjusted for age and education).