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Table 2 Percentage of injured patients who drank alcohol within six hours prior to the injury with the time of first drink, stratified by sex, age, education, and residence

From: The association between the time of alcohol drinking and injury risk in Thailand: a cross‐sectional emergency department study

  

Time of first drink

Statistic

 

N = 104a

8–12

12–16

16–20

20–24

00–04

04–08

(p-value)

 

(Col %)

(Row %)

(Row %)

(Row %)

(Row %)

(Row %)

(Row %)

 

Sex

 Male

78.1

3.7

9.8

23.2

53.7

8.5

1.2

Chi 2 = 7.4

 Female

21.9

0.0

4.6

9.1

68.2

9.1

9.1

Fisher’s exact

        

p = 0.236

Age

 18–24

41.9

0.0

4.6

4.6

81.8

9.1

0.0

Chi 2 = 56.6

 25–44

43.8

4.4

6.7

31.1

46.7

11.1

0.0

Fisher’s exact

 45–59

11.4

8.3

33.3

25.0

16.7

0.0

16.7

p < 0.001***

 60+

2.9

0.0

0.0

66.7

0.0

0.0

33.3

 

Education

 0

8.6

22.2

11.1

22.2

33.3

11.1

0.0

Chi 2 = 33.3

 1–6

16.2

0.0

17.7

41.2

29.4

0.0

11.8

Fisher’s exact

 7–12

46.7

0.0

6.1

16.3

65.3

12.2

0.0

p = 0.008**

 13+

28.6

3.5

6.9

13.8

65.5

6.9

3.5

 

Resident

 Suburb

38.1

5.0

15.0

15.0

52.5

10.0

2.5

Chi 2 = 5.3

 City

61.9

1.6

4.7

23.4

59.4

7.8

3.1

Fisher’s exact

        

p = 0.364

Usual drinking patterns

 Every day

14.3

6.7

33.3

26.7

13.3

6.7

13.3

Chi 2 = 39.0

 Almost every day

22.9

8.3

4.2

25.0

54.2

8.3

0.0

Fisher’s exact

 3–4 times a week

18.1

0.0

10.5

10.5

68.4

5.3

5.3

p = 0.036*

 1–2 times a week

19.1

0.0

5.0

15.0

65.0

15.0

0.0

 

 2–3 times a month

12.4

0.0

0.0

30.8

69.2

0.0

0.0

 

 Once a month or less

13.3

0.0

0.0

15.4

69.2

15.4

0.0

 
  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
  2. a Unweighted samples