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Table 4 Multivariate attrition analyses predicting those who were lost to follow-up at 30 year

From: Gender differences in the prospective association between maternal alcohol consumption trajectories and young adult offspring’s problem gambling at 30 years

Predicting variablesa

Odds of being lost to follow-up

Unadjusted

Adjustedb

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

Gender

 Male (Ref.)

1.0

1.0

 Female

0.4 (0.4–0.5)

0.5 (0.4–0.5)

Marital status

 Never married (Ref.)

1.0

1.0

 Cohabitation

0.9 (0.8–1.1)

1.0 (0.8–1.2)

 Married

0.8 (0.5–1.1)

0.9 (0.6–1.3)

 Sep-Div-Wid

2.2 (0.9–5.4)

2.4 (0.9–6.5)

Educational level

 Lower secondary school (Ref.)

1.0

1.0

 Secondary school

0.4 (0.3–0.5)

0.4 (0.4–0.5)

 College-TAFE/Uni

0.4 (0.3–0.5)

0.4 (0.4–0.5)

Income

 $160+ per week (Ref.)

1.0

1.0

 $0 to $159 per week

0.7 (0.6–0.8)

0.7 (0.6–0.8)

Impulsive behaviours

 Nomal (Ref.)

1.0

1.0

 High

0.9 (0.7–1.2)

0.9 (0.7–1.1)

Maternal alcohol consumption trajectories

 Abstainers (Ref.)

1.0

1.0

 Low-stable drinkers

0.8 (0.7–.0)

0.8 (0.7–1.0)

 Moderate-escalating drinkers

0.8 (0. 6–0.9)

0.8 (0.6–1.0)

  1. Italic = p < 0.05
  2. aAssessed at 21 year follow-up
  3. bModel was adjusted for all factors listed