Table 5.
Number of subjects in the CRPS and control groups that have been prescribed opioids prior to and after 2017.
| Control | CRPS | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | 2017 and after N = 427 1 | Prior to 2017 N = 905 1 | Difference 2 | 95% CI 2,3 | p-Value 2 | q-Value 4 | 2017 and after, N = 676 1 | Prior to 2017, N = 1470 1 | Difference 2 | 95% CI 2,3 | p-Value 2 | q-Value 4 |
| Medication | ||||||||||||
| Opioids | 427 (30%) | 905 (51%) | −0.2134379233 | −0.25, −0.18 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 676 (50%) | 1470 (79%) | −0.288834326 | −0.32, −0.26 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
1 n (%); 2 Two-sample test for equality of proportions; two-sample test for equality of proportions without continuity correction; 3 CI = Confidence Interval; 4 False discovery rate correction for multiple testing.