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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2009 Jan 30;34(6-7):498–504. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.01.002

Table 2.

Lifetime Other Substance Use Disorders Among Individuals with Lifetime Opioid Use Disorders in NESARC by Gendera

Men (%)
(N = 355)
Women (%)
(N = 223)
Total (%)
(N = 578)
Odds Ratiob
(95% confidence interval)
Heroin/other opioids
 Abuse 75.6 67.5 73.0 0.67 (0.43, 1.04)
 Dependence 24.4 32.5 27.0 1.49 (0.96, 2.31)
Cocaine
 Abuse 37.6 17.0 30.9 0.34 (0.20, 0.58)***
 Dependence 17.4 20.5 18.4 1.22 (0.73, 2.03)
Marijuana
 Abuse 56.2 39.3 50.7 0.51 (0.33, 0.78)**
 Dependence 19.4 19.9 19.6 1.03 (0.62, 1.72)
Alcohol
 Abuse 22.6 20.4 21.8 0.88 (0.55, 1.41)
 Dependence 67.1 54.5 63.0 0.59 (0.40, 0.86)**
Sedatives
 Abuse 37.7 23.3 33.0 0.50 (0.30, 0.85)*
 Dependence 9.1 12.9 10.3 1.48 (0.77, 2.87)
Amphetamine
 Abuse 35.9 28.0 33.3 0.70 (0.45, 1.08)
 Dependence 13.3 18.5 15.0 1.47 (0.80, 2.72)
Hallucinogen
 Abuse 37.4 27.5 34.2 0.63 (0.40, 1.01)
 Dependence 9.0 9.5 9.1 1.06 (0.51, 2.20)
Tranquilizers
 Abuse 37.7 22.7 32.9 0.49 (0.30, 0.78)**
 Dependence 8.7 12.4 9.9 1.49 (0.80, 2.81)
Inhalants
 Abuse 13.0 6.7 10.9 0.48 (0.24, 0.95)*
 Dependence 1.7 2.1 1.9 1.22 (0.30, 4.99)
Any other substancec
 Abuse 23.1 21.6 22.6 0.92(0.60, 1.41)
 Dependence 72.4 62.3 69.1 0.63(0.43, 0.91)*
*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001;

a

N's are unweighted; statistics are weighted;

b

Women = 1, Men = 0;

c

any of the above substances, in addition to heroin/other opioids