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Table 3 Factors associated with prior-year hazardous drinking in young adults seeking outpatient psychiatric services (N = 487)

From: Hazardous drinking among young adults seeking outpatient mental health services

Predictor

OR

p value

95 % CI

Number of psychiatric diagnoses at intake

1.06

0.459

0.90–1.25

Lifetime cannabis use

3.30

<0.001

2.055.28

Lifetime tobacco use

1.88

0.004

1.222.90

Age in years

1.18

<0.001

1.081.29

Female gender

0.98

0.932

0.64–1.50

Race (reference: white)

   

 Black

0.52

0.372

0.13–2.17

 Asian

0.43

0.007

0.230.80

 Other

1.20

0.470

0.73–2.00

  1. Results are from a single multivariate logistic regression
  2. Significant differences appear in italics