Table 2

Socio-demographic and professional characteristics associated with smoking and drinking behaviours among 1784 Swiss primary care physicians.



Smoking status
Drinking behavior (AUDIT-C score)
Drinking behavior (third question of AUDIT-C)



Current smoker
 Former smoker
 Never smoker
Non drinker
 Drinker
 At risk drinker
Non drinker
 Drinker
 At risk drinker

n
 %
 %
 %
 %
 p-value
 %
 %
 %
 p-value
 %
 %
 %
 p-value
Sex1




0.04


< 0.001


< 0.001
     Male
 1491
 83.6
 12.6
 23.3
 64.0
3.1
 65.8
 31.1
3.1
 59.1
 37.8
     Female
 293
 16.4
 11.0
 17.5
 71.6
11.6
 64.4
 24.0
11.6
 76.0
 12.2
Age (years)1




0.002


< 0.001


< 0.001
     < 35
 15
 0.8
 0.0
 13.3
 86.7
6.7
 80.0
 13.3
6.7
 86.7
 6.7
     36–45
 476
 26.7
 10.5
 17.3
 72.2
5.3
 71.6
 23.1
5.3
 66.8
 27.9
     45–55
 829
 46.5
 14.0
 22.2
 63.7
4.4
 64.6
 31.0
4.4
 59.1
 36.6
     56–65
 400
 22.4
 11.5
 28.1
 60.4
2.3
 59.6
 38.1
2.3
 60.0
 37.8
     >65
 64
 3.6
 12.5
 28.1
 59.4
14.3
 66.7
 19.0
14.3
 68.3
 17.5
Region1




0.002


0.14


0.02
     German-speaking
 1277
 71.6
 11.0
 20.9
 68.1
4.2
 67.2
 28.6
4.2
 64.1
 31.7
     French-speaking
 437
 24.5
 16.1
 26.1
 57.8
4.8
 60.9
 34.3
4.8
 55.5
 39.7
     Italian-speaking
 70
 3.9
 14.5
 24.6
 60.9
7.1
 65.7
 27.1
7.1
 62.9
 30.0
Living alone 1




< 0.001


0.008


0.08
     Yes
 1665
 93.9
 26.1
 15.1
 58.8
8.4
 53.8
 37.8
8.4
 56.3
 35.3
     No
 119
 6.7
 11.4
 22.9
 65.7
4.2
 66.4
 29.4
4.2
 62.3
 33.5
Principal outcome of the household 1 (13 missing)




0.007


0.002


< 0.001
     Yes
 1510
 85.3
 12.8
 23.3
 63.9
4.0
 64.5
 31.4
4.0
 59.4
 36.6
     No
 261
 14.7
 10.0
 16.2
 73.8
6.9
 71.5
 21.5
6.9
 75.9
 17.2
Medical specialty 1




0.08


0.25


0.31
     General medicine
 805
 45.1
 11.8
 21.2
 67.0
3.7
 66.2
 30.0
3.7
 62.1
 34.1
     General internal medicine
 596
 33.4
 12.0
 24.6
 63.4
4.0
 65.1
 30.9
4.0
 62.0
 34.0
     Paediatrics
 164
 9.2
 9.8
 18.4
 71.8
6.7
 68.3
 25.0
6.7
 64.0
 29.3
     None
 219
 12.3
 17.4
 23.3
 59.4
6.8
 62.6
 30.6
6.8
 59.4
 33.8
Type of practice 1 (7 missing)




0.62


0.45


0.92
     Solo
 1123
 63.2
 12.3
 23.0
 64.7
4.2
 65.9
 29.9
4.2
 61.8
 34.0
     Group
 598
 33.7
 12.4
 21.6
 65.9
5.0
 64.3
 30.7
5.0
 62.3
 32.7
     Other
 56
 3.2
 12.5
 14.3
 73.2
5.4
 75.0
 19.6
5.4
 60.7
 33.9
Place of practice 1




0.18


0.79


0.86
     Urban
 664
 37.3
 14.5
 23.3
 62.2
4.7
 63.9
 31.4
4.7
 60.4
 34.9
     Semi-urban
 591
 33.2
 11.5
 21.9
 66.6
4.6
 65.8
 29.6
4.6
 62.0
 33.4
     Rural
 524
 29.5
 10.5
 21.8
 67.7
4.2
 67.5
 28.3
4.2
 63.7
 32.1

1: χ2 test

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