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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 May 21;57(7):1252–1257. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02306.x

Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratios (AOR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) of Past Year Non-prescription use of Prescription Pain Relievers Among Adults Aged 50 or Older in 2005–2006 (N = 10,953)

Logistic regression model1 AOR 95% CI
Age in years (vs. 65 or older)
    50–64 2.39* 1.31–4.36
Sex (vs. female)
    Male 1.24 0.84–1.82
Race/ethnicity (vs. African American)
    White 1.28 0.63–2.61
    American Indian or Alaska native 8.78* 2.50–30.85
    Asian, Pacific Islander, or native Hawaiian 1.92 0.46–7.98
    Multiple race 0.17* 0.04–0.71
    Hispanic 1.97 0.74–5.22
Past year alcohol use (vs. no)
    Yes 1.59 0.97–2.60
Past year marijuana use (vs. no)
    Yes 7.07* 3.99–12.53
Past year major depressive episode (vs. no)
    Yes 1.72 0.90–3.29
*

: p-values < 0.05.

1

The model included all variables listed in the first column; due to a small sample size of pain reliever users, only variables with a p-value less than 0.06 from bivariate analysis were included in the adjusted model.