CAGE and AUDIT alcohol screening questions.

<p>¹ A possible score of 4 on the CAGE scale.</p><p>² A possible score of 40 on the AUDIT scale.</p><p>³ Computed using these open-ended questions: (i) On average, how many days do you drink an alcohol-containing beverage in a week? (ii) On average, how many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking?</p

Associations between problem drinking (based on CAGE and AUDIT) and long-term sexual behavior, socio-demographic and economic factors at the time of enrollment in a cohort of women working in food and recreational facilities in northern Tanzania.

<p>¹ A score of ≥2 out of a possible 4 on the CAGE scale.</p><p>² A score of ≥8 out of a possible 40 on the AUDIT scale.</p><p>³ Adjusted for independent predictors of problem drinking: age group (a priori confounder), marital status, enrolment site, facility type, lifetime sexual partners, transactional sex in past 12 months, and forced sex ever (variables shown in bold).</p><p>⁴ Adjusted for independent predictors of problem drinking: age group (a priori confounder), marital status, occupation, lifetime sexual partners, transactional sex in past 12 months, and forced sex ever (variables shown in bold).</p><p>⁵ Asset index based on household characteristics and assets using principal component analysis.</p><p>⁶ Adjusted for all factors listed in footnote 4, except occupation.</p><p>⁷ Informal food sellers at makeshift facilities.</p><p>⁸ Traditionally brewed alcohol vendors.</p><p>⁹ Adjusted for all factors listed in footnote 3, except facility type.</p

Associations of problem drinking with reported sexual behaviors in the past 3 months and sexually transmitted infections at the time of enrollment in a cohort of women working in food and recreational facilities in northern Tanzania.

<p>¹ A score of ≥2 out of a possible 4 on the CAGE scale.</p><p>² A score of ≥8 out of a possible 40 on the AUDIT scale.</p><p>³ The following potential confounders were considered: age, education, marital status, enrolment site, SES, age at first sex, facility type, occupation, age at first sex, lifetime partners, transactional sex in past 12, and forced sex ever. Age was retained in all models. Variables which changed the age-adjusted OR for the association of problem drinking with each outcome by >10% were retained.</p