Table 3 shows differences in the risk of problems among African Americans and Hispanics, relative to whites, at various levels of heavy drinking (shown in the left and right hand sides of table 3, respectively). Using our composite measure of heavy drinking, we stratified the sample to assess the odds ratios (ORs) for social consequences and dependence symptoms at no/low, moderate and high levels of heavy drinking. Models 1 through 3 present the crude ORs for race/ethnicity, ORs adjusted for heavy drinking factor score, and ORs additionally adjusted for gender, age, education, marital status and employment status.
