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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Dual Diagn. 2021 Sep 28;17(4):296–303. doi: 10.1080/15504263.2021.1979349

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics and Differences Between Patients With Opioid Use Disorder With and Without Lifetime Depression

Overall (N = 692) % OUD only (n = 367) % OUD + DEP (n = 325) % Unadjusted OR (95% CI)a Adjusted OR (95% CI)a,b
Sex
 Male 48.3 39.2 58.5
 Male 51.7 60.8 41.5 0.46 (0.34, 0.62) *** 0.48 (0.35, 0.66) ***
Agec
 18–29 35.7 36.2 35.1 1.00 1.00
 30–39 37.1 39.0 35.1 0.93 (0.65, 1.32) 0.88 (0.60, 1.28)
 40–49 15.6 14.7 16.6 1.17 (0.74, 1.83) 1.10 (0.68, 1.81)
 50 or older 11.6 10.1 13.2 1.36 (0.82, 2.25) 1.49 (0.86, 2.59)
Race
 Other 1.0 1.1 0.9
 White 99.0 98.9 99.1 1.18 (0.26, 5.32) 0.31 (0.03, 3.25)
Ethnicity
 Hispanic or Latino 2.6 3.3 1.9
 Not Hispanic or Latino 97.4 96.7 98.1 1.80 (0.67, 4.84) 0.86 (0.27, 2.76)
Marital status
 Not married 85.1 84.9 85.2
 Married 14.9 15.1 14.8 0.98 (0.64, 1.49) 0.90 (0.57, 1.44)
Geisinger insurance
 No 46.6 49.3 43.5
 Yes 53.4 50.7 56.5 1.26 (0.94, 1.71) 1.19 (0.86, 1.66)
Opioid overdosed
 Zero 90.8 95.1 85.9
 One or more 9.2 4.9 14.1 3.20 (1.81, 5.64) *** 3.81 (2.04, 7.14) ***
Other MH disorder dxe
 Zero 38.6 60.5 13.9
 One or more 61.4 39.5 86.1 9.53 (6.53, 13.90) *** 7.05 (4.73, 10.50) ***
Other SU disorder dx
 Zero 18.4 29.7 5.5
 One or more 81.6 70.3 94.5 7.21 (4.26, 12.19) *** 4.95 (2.82, 8.68) ***
Suicide attempt dx
 Zero 95.8 98.4 92.9
 One or more 4.2 1.6 7.1 4.58 (1.84, 11.40) ** 3.58 (1.37, 9.40) **
Suicide ideation dx
 Zero 92.9 99.2 85.9
 One or more 7.1 0.8 14.1 20.01 (6.16, 64.99) *** 19.79 (5.86, 66.89) ***
Suicide attempt or ideation dx
 Zero 90.3 97.5 82.2
 One or more 9.7 2.5 17.8 8.64 (4.21, 17.75) *** 7.92 (3.74, 16.78) ***
Chronic pain dx
 Zero 38.0 52.6 21.5
 One or more 62.0 47.4 78.5 4.04 (2.89, 5.65) *** 2.54 (1.75, 3.70) ***
HIV or Hep C dx
 Zero 81.4 84.7 77.5
 One or more 18.6 15.3 22.5 1.61 (1.09, 2.37) * 1.31 (0.86, 2.00)
Other med dxf
 Zero 59.0 70.0 46.5
 One or more 41.0 30.0 53.5 2.69 (1.97, 3.68) *** 1.94 (1.37, 2.76) ***
Dispensed bup rxg
 Zero 7.5 6.3 8.7
 One or more 92.5 93.7 91.3 0.71 (0.40, 1.27) 0.64 (0.33, 1.23)
Dispensed anti-dep rxg
 Zero 29.0 45.4 11.2
 One or more 71.0 54.6 88.8 6.61 (4.40, 9.91) *** 6.05 (3.92, 9.33) ***
***

p < .001,

**

p < .01,

*

p < .05.

Note. OUD = opioid use disorder; OUD+DEP = opioid use disorder and depression; OR = odds ratio; aOR = adjusted odds ratio; MH = mental health; SU = substance use; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; Hep C = hepatitis C; dx = diagnosis; med = medical; bup = buprenorphine; anti-dep = anti-depressant; rx = prescription medication.

a

Odds of each characteristic, diagnosis, and dispensed medication in the OUD with depression group relative to the odds of each in the OUD without depression group.

b

Adjusted models include age, sex, race, ethnicity, number of encounters per year, and total length of care between first and last GHS encounter dates.

c

Age at first opioid use disorder diagnosis.

d

Includes any opioid poisoning ICD9 or ICD10 code.

e

Excludes depressive disorders, but includes other mood disorders (53.9% have at least one mood disorder dx).

f

Includes hypertensive disease, diabetes mellitus, and other disorders of the airway (i.e., COPD and asthma) ICD9 or ICD10 codes.

g

Only among those with dispensed medication records, n = 670.