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Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2008 Jun 28;32(8):1493–1501. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00719.x

Table 5.

The Effect of AOD on Cross-Cohort Differences in Lifetime Prevalence of Alcohol Dependence Among Lifetime Drinkers: Women

	Birth Years		N		Prevalence (%)		Odds Ratios
Age	NLAES	NESARC	NLAES	NESARC	NLAES	NESARC	OR (95% CI)^‡	OR Adjusted for AOD (95% CI)^‡
All
18–27	1964–73	1974–83	2,405	1,940	22.4	21.3	0.94 (0.79, 1.12)	1.06 (0.89, 1.26)
28–37	1954–63	1964–73	3,697	2,611	18.2	18.8	1.04 (0.89, 1.22)	1.04 (0.88, 1.22)
38–47	1944–53	1954–63	2,639	2,614	11.1	16.0	1.53 (1.26, 1.87)^***	1.15 (0.93, 1.43)
48–57	1934–43	1944–53	1,445	1,956	9.3	11.2	1.24 (0.94, 1.63)	1.18 (0.90, 1.56)
White
18–27	1964–73	1974–83	1,919	1,196	23.4	22.0	0.92 (0.76, 1.12)	1.08 (0.88, 1.32)
28–37	1954–63	1964–73	2,978	1,670	18.4	19.3	1.06 (0.89, 1.26)	1.05 (0.88, 1.26)
38–47	1944–53	1954–63	2,226	1,768	10.9	15.8	1.52 (1.22, 1.90)^***	1.11 (0.87, 1.42)
48–57	1934–43	1944–53	1,195	1,374	8.9	11.2	1.29 (0.96, 1.75)	1.22 (0.90, 1.65)
Black
18–27	1964–73	1974–83	267	337	11.5	13.8	1.23 (0.67, 2.24)	1.30 (0.69, 2.43)
28–37	1954–63	1964–73	499	508	15.6	12.5	0.77 (0.49, 1.23)	0.76 (0.48, 1.21)
38–47	1944–53	1954–63	292	494	12.2	13.4	1.11 (0.65, 1.91)	0.99 (0.57, 1.72)
48–57	1934–43	1944–53	185	397	9.2	10.2	1.13 (0.56, 2.27)	1.11 (0.54, 2.28)
Hispanic
18–27	1964–73	1974–83	149	368	15.1	24.6	1.83 (0.99, 3.40)	1.62 (0.87, 3.02)
28–37	1954–63	1964–73	142	382	18.3	21.7	1.24 (0.69, 2.22)	1.21 (0.66, 2.23)
38–47	1944–53	1954–63	77	319	7.6	21.5	3.31 (1.35, 8.12)^***	2.64 (1.07, 6.52)^*
48–57	1934–43	1944–53	43	157	9.5	15.7	1.78 (0.59, 5.32)	1.81 (0.58, 5.64)

Notes:

^‡

Odds Ratio for NESARC relative to NLAES; corresponds to OR for birth years included in NESARC age group (third column), relative to the preceding birth cohort, which is represented in the NLAES (second column).

p<0.05

^**

p<0.01

^***

p<0.001