Stress among Medical Students and Its Association with Substance Use and Academic Performance

Table 5

Association between stress and substance use among medical students. Bivariate logistic regression analysis, .

Substance use	Stress			COR (95%)
	Total	Yes ()	No ()
	(%)	(%)	(%)
Khat chewing
Yes	56 (17.7)	49 (87.5)	7 (12.5)	4.18 (2.11–8.27)
No	261 (82.3)	144 (55.2)	117 (44.8)	1.00
Cigarette smoking
Yes	30 (9.5)	27 (90.0)	3 (10.0)	6.83 (2.32–20.10)
No	287 (90.5)	139 (48.4)	148 (51.6)	1.00
Alcohol drinking
Yes	113 (35.6)	84 (74.3)	29 (25.7)	2.76 (1.71–4.48)
No	204 (64.4)	82 (40.2)	122 (59.8)	1.00

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