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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 30.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2007 Nov;164(11):1750–1756. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.07050252

TABLE 2.

Predictors of OxyContin Abuse Among the Total Sample (N=27,816)

Analysis
Variable Estimate SE Odds Ratio χ2 p
Race (white) 1.62 0.16 5.05 18.80 <0.0001
Not employed full time −0.17 0.07 0.84 4.51 0.03
Married −0.06 0.10 0.94 0.41 0.52
No prior drug abuse treatment −0.11 0.10 0.90 1.16 0.28
Gender (male) 0.38 0.08 1.46 13.29 <0.001
No chronic medical problem −0.05 0.09 0.95 0.27 0.60
Age −0.05 0.01 0.95 30.77 <0.0001
Addiction Severity Index composite score
  Medical −2.54 1.66 0.08 2.09 0.15
  Alcohol −1.27 0.87 0.28 1.84 0.18
  Psychiatric 3.63 1.10 37.73 6.53 0.01
  Legal 1.19 0.86 3.28 1.75 0.19
  Employment −1.23 0.66 0.29 3.05 0.08
  Family 2.39 0.85 10.88 6.79 0.01
Drugs never used
  Heroin −1.20 0.15 0.30 16.36 <0.0001
  Cocaine −0.47 0.10 0.63 19.62 <0.0001
  Sedatives −1.47 0.12 0.23 38.69 <0.0001
  Amphetamines −0.57 0.09 0.56 17.69 <0.0001
Nonurban environment −0.08 0.20 0.92 0.17 0.68
Rating of medical problem (1–5) 0.10 0.07 1.10 1.74 0.19