Odds ratios (95% CI) for binge drinking, problem drinking (2+ in the CAGE questionnaire), 2+ social consequences of drinking (out of 6), and high annual intake of alcohol, high mean dose per drinking session, and high annual number of drinking sessions, per 1 SD increase in the logarithm of the effort-reward ratio and job control score
| Binge drinking | Problem drinking | Social consequences | Annual intake* | Mean dose per session* | Number of drinking sessions* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Highest tertile of distribution in pooled data. | ||||||
| Effort-reward ratio | ||||||
| Adj. for age and centre | 1.41 (1.09 to 1.82) | 1.43 (1.19 to 1.71) | 1.25 (1.00 to 1.55) | 1.30 (1.10 to 1.54) | 1.21 (1.02 to 1.44) | 1.33 (1.12 to 1.58) |
| Adj. for age, centre, education, and deprivation | 1.36 (1.04 to 1.78) | 1.37 (1.14 to 1.65) | 1.22 (0.98 to 1.53) | 1.29 (1.09 to 1.53) | 1.15 (0.97 to 1.38) | 1.34 (1.13 to 1.61) |
| Adj. for age, centre, education, deprivation, and depression score | 1.20 (0.91 to 1.59) | 1.23 (1.02 to 1.50) | 1.04 (0.82 to 1.32) | 1.21 (1.01 to 1.44) | 1.11 (0.92 to 1.33) | 1.27 (1.05 to 1.52) |
| Job control | ||||||
| Adj. for age and centre | 1.25 (0.97 to 1.63) | 1.14 (0.95 to 1.36) | 1.07 (0.85 to 1.35) | 1.00 (0.84 to 1.19) | 1.10 (0.93 to 1.30) | 0.91 (0.75 to 1.09) |
| Adj. for age, centre, education, and deprivation | 1.16 (0.86 to 1.57) | 1.00 (0.81 to 1.23) | 1.03 (0.79 to 1.33) | 0.90 (0.74 to 1.10) | 0.94 (0.78 to 1.14) | 0.87 (0.71 to 1.08) |
| Adj. for age, centre, education, deprivation, and depression score | 1.26 (0.93 to 1.70) | 1.04 (0.84 to 1.29) | 1.09 (0.84 to 1.43) | 0.93 (0.76 to 1.13) | 0.95 (0.79 to 1.16) | 0.89 (0.72 to 1.10) |