Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of opiate users with and without opioid use disorder
| Demographic Parameters | Total (N = 451) |
Opioid use disorder | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Negative
(N = 190) |
Positive
(N = 261) |
|||
| Age (Mean ± SD) | 61.1 ± 6.5 | 62.0 ± 6.6 | 60.5 ± 6.4* | |
| Sex, n (%) | Male | 382 (84.7) | 162 (85.3) | 220 (84.3) |
| Female | 69 (15.3) | 28 (14.7) | 41 (15.7) | |
| Marital status, n (%) | Single | 20 (4.4) | 7 (3.7) | 13 (5.0) |
| Married | 431 (95.6) | 183 (96.3) | 248 (95.0) | |
| Education, n (%) | Illiterate | 167 (37.0) | 67 (35.3) | 100 (38.3) |
| < 9y | 195 (43.2) | 88 (46.3) | 107 (41.0) | |
| >= 9y | 89 (19.8) | 35 (18.4) | 54 (20.7) | |
| Cigarette user, n (%) | No | 294 (65.1) | 129 (67.9) | 165 (63.2) |
| Yes | 157 (34.9) | 61 (32.1) | 96 (36.8) | |
| History of ever alcohol use, n (%) | No | 389 (86.2) | 164 (86.3) | 225 (86.2) |
| Yes | 62 (13.8) | 26 (13.7) | 36 (13.8) | |
| Residence, n (%) | Urban | 211 (46.8) | 104 (54.7) | 107 (41.0)** |
| Rural | 240 (53.2) | 86 (45.3) | 154 (59.0) | |
| Socioeconomic Status, n (%) | Q1 | 77 (17.1) | 23 (12.1) | 54 (20.7)* |
| Q2 | 88 (19.5) | 38 (20.0) | 50 (19.2) | |
| Q3 | 128 (28.4) | 57 (30.0) | 71 (27.2) | |
| Q4 | 158 (35.0) | 72 (37.9) | 86 (32.9) | |
| BMI (Mean ± SD) | 24.6 ± 4.7 | 25.3 ± 4.5 | 24.1 ± 4.7** | |
| K10 score Median (IQR) | 5 (2–11) | 4 (1–9) | 6 (2–11)** | |
| Psychological distress, n (%) | K10 < 12 | 308 (68.3) | 147 (77.3) | 161 (61.7)** |
| K10 > = 12 | 143 (31.7) | 43 (22.7) | 100 (38.3) | |
SD: standard deviation, BMI: body mass index, K10 score: Kessler 10 score
* P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01