Table 3.
Comparison of demographic and clinical characteristics of remitted and non-remitted substance use disorders (past year)
| Characteristics (N = 976) | Remitted (N = 707) |
Non-remitted (N = 259) |
OR | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | % | % | ||
| Males (reference) | 23 | 77 | ||
| Females | 34 | 66 | 0.58 | 0.43, 0.77 |
| Race | ||||
| Whites (reference) | 29 | 71 | ||
| Non-whites | 20 | 80 | 1.6 | 1.0, 2.6 |
| Age | ||||
| 18–21 (reference) | 13 | 87 | ||
| 22–26 | 29 | 71 | 0.37 | 0.24, 0.56 |
| 27–30 | 37 | 63 | 0.25 | 0.17, 0.39 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married/common-law (reference) |
37 | 63 | ||
| Divorced/separated | 33 | 67 | 1.2 | 0.73, 1.9 |
| Single | 20 | 80 | 2.3 | 1.7, 3.2 |
| Education | ||||
| Did not attend college (reference) |
23 | 77 | ||
| Attended college | 31 | 69 | 0.67 | 0.50, 0.89 |
| Current (past year) smoker | ||||
| Yes (reference) | 26 | 74 | ||
| No | 40 | 60 | 0.52 | 0.34, 0.81 |
| Onset age of nicotine dependence | ||||
| Early (≤21) (reference) | 22 | 78 | ||
| Late (>21) | 38 | 62 | 0.47 | 0.35, 0.62 |
| Lifetime disorders | ||||
| Bipolar disorders | ||||
| No (reference) | 21 | 79 | ||
| Yes | 30 | 70 | 1.6 | 1.2, 2.3 |
| Anxiety disorders | ||||
| No (reference) | 28 | 72 | ||
| Yes | 27 | 73 | 1.0 | 0.76, 01.4 |
| Major depression | ||||
| No (reference) | 27 | 73 | ||
| Yes | 28 | 72 | 0.97 | 0.73, 1.3 |