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. 2024 Feb 29;165(6):1317–1326. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003131

Table 4.

Zero-inflated negative binomial regression analyses for number of prescriptions of analgesics in adolescence and young adulthood by background factors as reported in adolescence.

n Opioids Nonopioid analgesics
Opioids Paracetamol NSAIDs
IRR (95% CI) P IRR (95% CI) P IRR (95% CI) P
Analgesics use in adolescence
 Age 8199 1.10 (1.05, 1.15) <0.001 0.92 (0.87, 0.97) <0.001 1.04 (1.01, 1.06) 0.002
 Sex, female 8199 1.97 (1.69, 2.30) <0.001 1.58 (1.31, 1.89) <0.001 1.69 (1.56, 1.83) <0.001
 Pubertal development score 7511 1.42 (1.26, 1.60) <0.001 0.95 (0,82, 1.09) 0.465 1.22 (1.15, 1.30) <0.001
 Family economy below average 7636 1.93 (1.51, 2.46) <0.001 1.22 (0.89, 1.67) 0.225 1.10 (0.96, 1.27) 0.170
 Household structure, not living with both parents 8104 1.30 (1.12, 1.52) 0.001 1.33 (1.11, 1.60) 0.002 1.01 (0.94, 1.10) 0.694
Analgesics use in young adulthood
 Age 8199 1.22 (1.19, 1.26) <0.001 1.22 (1.19, 1.26) <0.001 1.22 (1.20, 1.24) <0.001
 Sex, female 8199 1.71 (1.55, 1.89) <0.001 2.22 (1.99, 2.47) <0.001 1.50 (1.41, 1.60) <0.001
 Family economy below average 7636 2.13 (1.79, 2.52) <0.001 1.56 (1.29, 1.89) <0.001 1.29 (1.16, 1.449) <0.001
 Household structure, not living with both parents 8104 1.77 (1.61, 1.95) <0.001 1.43 (1.28, 1.60) <0.001 1.21 (1.14, 1.29) <0.001

Background factors were assessed in unadjusted, separate complete case analyses.

IRR, incidence rate ratio; NSAIDs, nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs.