Research Article

Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorders and Their Association with Sociodemographic Determinants and Depression/Anxiety Disorders in a Representative Sample of the Greek General Population

Table 5

Association between alcohol use disorder and sociodemographic—health determinants.

(%)OR1OR2

Sex
Male124 (5.11%)1.01.0
Female30 (1.22%)0.23 (0.15–0.34)0.23 (0.14-0.38)

Age group
18–2951 (4.16%)1.01.0
30–3924 (2.33%)0.54 (0.33–0.90)0.54 (0.31–0.97)
40–4935 (3.75%)0.90 (0.58–1.41)0.79 (0.43–1.44)
50–5932 (3.99%)0.98 (0.62–1.54)0.75 (0.39–1.46)
60–7012 (1.33%)0.32 (0.17–0.61)0.19 (0.07–0.51)

Marital status
Married75 (2.50%)1.01.0
Never-married58 (4.01%)1.00 (0.63–1.62)1.50 (0.87–2.56)
Divorced17 (7.08%)3.15 (1.81–5.48)2.44 (1.34–4.46)
Widowed4 (1.88%)1.56 (0.54–4.48)1.55 (0.51–4.75)

Educational level
None or primary34 (3.67%)1.01.0
Lower secondary35 (4.39%)0.78 (0.47–1.31)0.72 (0.42–1.23)
Upper secondary74 (3.15%)0.44 (0.27–0.72)0.50 (0.29–0.84)
Technical tertiary7 (1.59%)0.23 (0.10–0.54)0.29 (0.12–0.73)
University4 (1.04%)0.17 (0.06–0.48)0.26 (0.08–0.78)

Employment status
Full or part-time job107 (3.67%)1.01.0
Looks after home7 (1.01%)0.82 (0.35–1.96)1.07 (0.43–2.65)
Unemployed10 (5.43%)1.92 (0.97–3.79)1.17 (0.56–2.44)
Retired10 (1.73%)0.53 (0.25–1.10)0.84 (0.35–1.97)
Other/inactivity status20 (3.82%)1.17 (0.70–1.97)1.25 (0.73–2.16)

Residency
Urban66 (2.46%)1.01.0
Semi- urban20 (3.29%)1.34 (0.80–2.24)1.25 (0.73–2.14)
Rural68 (4.24%)1.76 (1.25–2.49)1.58 (1.08–2.30)

Presence of financial difficulties
No90 (2.74%)1.01.0
Yes64 (3.97%)1.61 (1.16–2.25)1.01 (0.71–1.46)

Physical disease
No31 (4.40%)1.01.0
Yes123 (2.91%)2.31 (1.48–3.61)2.12 (1.31–3.43)

Smoking
No31 (1.05%)1.01.0
Yes123 (6.35%)5.07 (3.39–7.60)4.59 (3.02–6.99)

CIS-R score (categorical)
0–573 (2.10%)1.01.0
6–1139 (5.47%)3.59 (2.39–5.41)3.22 (2.1–4.95)
12–1722 (6.63%)4.53 (2.73–7.53)3.28 (1.92–5.60)
≥1820 (5.62%)4.84 (2.84–8.26)3.11 (1.74–5.53)
CIS-R score (continuous)1.08 (1.06–1.10)1.06 (1.04–1.08)

OR: Odds ratios from logistic regression analysis/CI: 95% confidence interval. OR1 = OR adjusted for sex and age. OR2 = Fully adjusted OR (all presented variables are included concurrently). Bold values indicate statistically significant difference from reference category ().