ORs/incident rate ratios and 95% CIs for alcohol use at age 44–46, smoking at age 42 and years of regular smoking according to partnership trajectories
| AUDIT Score ≥8 | Frequency of heavy episodic drinking (ordinal) | Smoking (ordinal) | Years of regular smoking (age 23–42) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | IRR (95% CI) | |
| Men (N=4970) | ||||
| Class 1: Married in 20s/early 30s, married once (REF) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
| Class 2: Divorced at late 30s not remarried | 1.32 (1.07 to 1.82) | 1.21 (1.01 to 1.63) | 1.86 (1.46 to 2.72) | 0.24 (0.19 to 0.32) |
| Class 3: Cohabiting, not married | 1.52 (1.23 to 2.12) | 1.27 (1.04 to 1.73) | 1.55 (1.22 to 2.24) | 0.30 (0.24 to 0.40) |
| Class 4: Married in mid/late 30s, married once | 1.18 (0.97 to 1.62) | 1.02 (0.86 to 1.34) | 1.08 (0.86 to 1.53) | 0.09 (0.03 to 0.19) |
| Class 5: Divorced in 30s, later remarried | 1.33 (0.89 to 2.51) | 1.55 (1.10 to 2.63) | 1.22 (0.78 to 2.49) | 0.01 (−0.11 to 0.20) |
| Class 6: Never married or cohabited | 1.41 (1.16 to 1.89) | 1.16 (0.97 to 1.55) | 1.67 (1.34 to 2.37) | 0.37 (0.31 to 0.46) |
| Women (N=5256) | ||||
| Class 1: Married in early 20s, married once (REF) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
| Class 2: Married in late 20s/early 30s, married once | 1.18 (0.94 to 1.68) | 0.97 (0.84 to 1.22) | 0.70 (0.59 to 0.92) | −0.15 (-0.19 to 0.09) |
| Class 3: Cohabiting, not married | 1.21 (0.91 to 1.91) | 1.19 (0.98 to 1.61) | 1.67 (1.31 to 2.46) | 0.14 (0.10 to 0.20) |
| Class 4: Divorced in 20s/early 30s, cohabited or remarried | 1.17 (0.83 to 1.99) | 1.13 (0.91 to 1.59) | 1.46 (1.09 to 2.30) | 0.08 (0.03 to 0.16) |
| Class 5: Divorced in mid/late 30s, not remarried | 1.75 (1.37 to 2.59) | 1.54 (1.27 to 2.08) | 1.57 (1.23 to 2.29) | 0.25 (0.21 to 0.32) |
| Class 6: Never married or cohabited | 1.32 (1.03 to 1.96) | 1.21 (1.01 to 1.59) | 1.28 (1.04 to 1.76) | 0.11 (0.08 to 0.17) |
Adjusted for early life socioeconomic position (latent summary of financial hardship during the last year at age 11, access to household amenities at age 11, paternal social class at age 7, number of people per room at birth, housing tenure at age 7 and paternal weekly net pay at age 16), health centre attendance during the last year at age 16, disability at age 16, height at age 7, cognitive ability at 11, parental divorce at age 16, behaviour score (age 16), educational attainment at 23, social class at 23, housing tenure at 23, net family income at 23, self-rated health at 23, depression at 23, employment status at 23, presence of long-standing disability at 23, height at 23 (men only); earlier measures of health-related behaviours—smoking at ages 16 and 23, alcohol use frequency at age 23, exercise frequency at age 23, BMI at age 23.
Results in bold font are statistically significant at the 5% level.
AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; BMI, body mass index.