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Table 3 Hierarchical logistic regression for predicting drug use with the DAST-20 after controlling for other potential predictors

From: The validity and reliability of the Mandarin Chinese version of the drug abuse screening test among adolescents in Taiwan

Variable

Wald

p

OR

95% CI

Drug user vs nonusers

Age

6.88

0.009

3.20

1.34-7.62

Gendera

0.37

0.543

1.89

0.24-14.59

Communication styleb

1.67

0.197

0.26

0.03-2.02

DAST-20 score 3

27.68

<0.001

146.85

22.89-941.98

Regular user vs others

Age

0.65

0.421

0.78

0.42-1.44

Gendera

0.85

0.357

2.38

0.38-15.11

Communication styleb

2.14

0.143

0.33

0.08-1.45

DAST-20 score 6

20.88

<0.001

50.01

9.34-267.75

  1. Note
  2. aReference group: female; b Reference group: authoritarian and permissive communication styles
  3. cdrug user: Nagelkerke R2 = 0.831, regular user: Nagelkerke R2 = 0.653; All df = 1