Association between individual characteristics and heavy drinking trajectories among people who experienced severe illness or death in the family
| No heavy drinking | Decreasing heavy drinking | Constant heavy drinking | |||
| OR (ref) | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Male vs female | 1 | 0.78 | 0.18 to 3.42 | 5.43 | 3.05 to 9.66 |
| Married/cohabiting: no vs yes | 1 | 0.59 | 0.17 to 2.02 | 1.56 | 0.80 to 3.02 |
| Intermediate vs high occupational status | 1 | 0.53 | 0.20 to 1.43 | 0.58 | 0.30 to 1.11 |
| Low vs high occupational status | 1 | 0.64 | 0.22 to 1.82 | 0.73 | 0.37 to 1.43 |
| High vs low neighbourhood disadvantage | 1 | 0.99 | 0.39 to 2.51 | 0.98 | 0.54 to 1.78 |
| Part-time work and retired vs full-time | 1 | 2.15 | 0.76 to 6.14 | 0.84 | 0.46 to 1.51 |
| Depression: yes vs no | 1 | 0.47 | 0.11 to 2.05 | 2.44 | 1.30 to 4.60 |
| Anxiety: yes vs no | 1 | 1.05 | 0.24 to 4.66 | 2.33 | 1.09 to 4.95 |
| Social network size: ≤10 vs >10 | 1 | 0.71 | 0.16 to 3.11 | 0.72 | 0.30 to 1.72 |
| Smoking: yes vs no | 1 | 2.22 | 0.72 to 6.83 | 3.15 | 1.55 to 6.38 |
Multinomial logistic regression models adjusted for gender and age.
Bold text indicates statistically significant findings.