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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jul 11.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006 Jul;63(7):824–830. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.63.7.824

Table 5.

Lifetime prevalence of substance use disorder by body mass index stratified by age, educational attainment, and race/ethnicity

Overall Prevalence of BMI =>30 Overall Prevalence of Subst. Disorder Subst. Disorder Prevalence if BMI <30 Subst. Disorder Prevalence if BMI ≥30 Odds Ratio 95% Conf Interv
SEX
 Males 24.8% 21.3% 22.4% 18.1% 0.75 (0.60, 0.93)
 Females 25.7% 8.9% 9.2% 8.1% 0.88 (0.65, 1.18)
AGE
 <=29 17.8% 17.2% 16.8% 19.0% 1.13 (0.65, 1.97)
 30 to 44 26.5% 18.1% 19.2% 15.6% 0.75 (0.56, 1.02)
 45 to 59 30.6% 15.7% 18.0% 11.1% 0.57 (0.38, 0.84)
 >= 60 25.0% 6.5% 6.7% 5.7% NE
EDUCATION
 <12 years 29.3% 18.7% 20.6% 13.9% 0.59 (0.39, 0.90)
 12 years 27.8% 15.0% 15.3% 14.2% 0.90 (0.66, 1.21)
 13–15 years 25.5% 15.7% 17.2% 11.6% 0.63 (0.50, 0.78)
 >= 16 years 18.9% 10.7% 10.6% 10.8% 1.04 (0.71, 1.53)
RACE/ETHNICITY
 Black 34.3% 11.0% 13.4% 7.0% 0.49 (0.29, 0.84)
 Hispanic 29.8% 16.5% 16.7% 15.8% 0.94 (0.55, 1.62)
 White (Not Hispanic) 23.5% 15.0% 15.5% 13.4% 0.83 (0.67, 1.03)
 Other 18.6% 19.0% 18.3% 22.4% 1.11 (0.38, 3.21)