Table 4

Binary logistic regression of those military operational characteristics associated with problem drinking

CharacteristicCharacteristic total
n (%)
Alcohol no case
n (%)
Alcohol case
n (%)
OR (95% CI)AOR* (95% CI)AOR† (95% CI)AOR‡ (95% CI)AOR§ (95% CI)
Place of work: ships <300 personnel379 (27.3)288 (76.0)91 (24.0)1.79 (1.34 to 2.40)1.81 (1.33 to 2.48)1.76 (1.11 to 2.79)1.97 (1.43 to 2.71)1.78 (1.05 to 3.03)
Place of work: ships >300 personnel1008 (72.7)857 (85.0)151 (15.0)11111
Routine deployment225 (16.2)167 (74.2)58 (25.8)1.85 (1.32 to 2.59)1.92 (1.35 to 2.73)1.08 (0.64 to 1.21)2.18 (1.50 to 3.16)1.29 (0.71 to 2.34)
Planned exercise1162 (83.8)978 (84.2)184 (15.8)11111
  • *Adjusted for sociodemographic factors (rank, service, service length and age).

  • †Adjusted for operational factors (home front problems, exposure to potentially traumatic events, type of deployment, place of work, preoperational stress brief and land deployment).

  • ‡Adjusted for leadership, morale and cohesion.

  • §Adjusted for all. AOR, adjusted odds ratio.