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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Jul 1;112(1-2):69–80. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.05.013

Table 3.

Substance use disorders by LCA-defined subtypes of nonmedical opioid users (N =1,815)

Men Women
Lifetime disorders:
column % (95% CI)
C1:
Opioid–
marijuana
C2:
Opioid–other
prescription
drugs
C3:
Opioid–
marijuana–
hallucinogen
C4:
Opioid–
polydrug
χ2
p-value1
C1:
Opioid–
marijuana
C2:
Opioid–
other
prescription
drugs
C3:
Opioid–
marijuana–
hallucinogen
C4:
Opioid–
polydrug
χ2
p-value1
Sample size 283 85 275 371 344 90 195 172
Opioid abuse 17.8 (13.1–23.7) 16.6 (8.2–30.7) 21.2 (16.4–27.0) 40.3 (34.5–46.3) <0.01 14.5 (9.8–20.7) 18.6 (11.0–29.7) 15.4 (10.3–22.3) 22.4 (15.9–30.7) NS
Opioid dependence 5.3 (2.4–11.0) 12.3 (6.2–22.8) 5.6 (2.9–10.5) 7.6 (4.8–11.8) NS 3.0 (1.6–5.4) 22.2 (13.5–34.3) 5.4 (2.7–10.6) 13.6 (8.8–20.2) <0.01
Opioid use disorders 23.1 (17.9–29.2) 28.9 (18.3–42.5) 26.8 (21.3–33.2) 47.8 (41.2–54.6) <0.01 17.4 (12.6–23.6) 40.8 (29.4–53.3) 20.8 (14.9–28.1) 36.0 (27.7–45.2) <0.01
Nicotine dependence 37.9 (30.5–46.0) 63.6 (50.1–75.3) 57.4 (50.5–63.9) 63.6 (57.4–69.4) <0.01 34.5 (28.2–41.4) 70.8 (59.7–79.9) 55.5 (46.4–64.1) 70.5 (61.5–78.2) <0.01
Alcohol use disorders 71.9 (65.6–77.4) 78.9 (66.4–87.6) 88.2 (82.7–92.1) 92.0 (88.4–94.6) <0.01 39.5 (32.7–46.8) 77.1 (66.7–85.0) 79.7 (71.4–86.1) 90.4 (85.0–94.0) <0.01
Marijuana use disorders 23.5 (18.0–30.1) 48.0 (34.8–61.6) 64.0 (57.4–70.4) 80.6 (75.8–84.7) <0.01 12.8 (9.0–17.9) 35.3 (24.3–48.2) 62.2 (53.2–70.5) 66.4 (57.0–74.6) <0.01
Cocaine use disorders 0.3 (0.1–1.4) 11.9 (6.0–22.0) 24.8 (19.8–30.5) 62.3 (56.1–68.1) <0.01 0.0 23.9 (15.1–35.6) 24.7 (18.2–32.8) 53.9 (44.8–62.7) <0.01
Inhalant use disorders 0.0 0.0 2.6 (1.1–6.1) 13.9 (10.0–19.0) <0.01 0.7 (0.1–4.6) 1.9 (0.4–7.5) 2.7 (0.8–9.0) 7.9 (4.1–14.8) NS
Hallucinogen use disorders 0.0 0.7 (0.1–4.8) 25.8 (19.6–33.0) 45.8 (39.5–52.2) <0.01 0.4 (0.1–3.2) 2.3 (0.5–9.6) 17.1 (11.3–25.2) 40.3 (32.0–49.2) <0.01
Amphetamine use disorders 0.3 (0.1–1.5) 16.0 (9.2–26.4) 17.6 (12.5–24.1) 46.2 (39.9–52.6) <0.01 0.6 (0.2–1.9) 24.2 (15.1–36.6) 21.7 (15.4–29.8) 50.8 (41.9–59.8) <0.01
Tranquilizer use disorders 3.0 (1.2–7.6) 25.2 (16.1–37.2) 6.8 (3.7–12.1) 41.1 (34.5–48.1) <0.01 0.9 (0.3–2.4) 22.6 (14.2–33.9) 5.1 (2.7–9.4) 30.3 (22.8–39.1) <0.01
Sedative use disorders 1.8 (0.5–6.2) 18.0 (10.7–28.7) 3.5 (1.8–6.7) 40.7 (33.8–47.9) <0.01 0.8 (0.2–3.1) 28.3 (18.9–40.1) 4.2 (1.9–9.0) 33.0 (25.0–42.1) <0.01
Heroin use disorders 0.0 0.0 2.0 (0.9–4.5) 9.9 (7.1–13.6) <0.01 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.5 (4.4–15.8) NS
Total number of the 11 disorders, mean* 1.6 (1.45–1.78) 2.9 (2.45–3.38) 3.2 (2.96–3.43) 5.4 (5.04–5.83) <0.01 1.1 (0.94–1.21) 3.3 (2.76–3.78) 2.9 (2.61–3.26) 4.9 (4.37–5.39) <0.01

NS: p>0.05;

1

due to multiple comparisons, only results with p<0.01 are discussed. CI: confidence intervals.

*

F-test for mean; the 11 disorders included disorders from use of opioids, nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, inhalants, hallucinogens, amphetamines, tranquilizers, sedatives, and heroin.