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Published in final edited form as: Am J Addict. 2011 Jul 18;20(5):405–411. doi: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00155.x

Table 4.

Personality disorder cluster prevalence based on substance of abuse/dependence.

Substance Use Disorder Cluster A disorders (n=60) Cluster B disorders (n=120) Cluster C disorders (n=110) Clus. A p-value Clus. B p-value Clus. C p-value Omnibus Test of Model Coefficients Cluster A: Odds Ratio (95% CI) Cluster B: Odds Ratio (95% CI) Cluster C: Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Alcohol 49 (81.7) 96 (80.0) 88 (80.0) 0.762 0.714 0.818 0.360c, df=3, p=.948 1.140 (0.489, 2.661) 0.792 (0.228, 2.754) 0.882 (0.302, 2.572)
Cannabis 23 (38.3) 44 (36.7) 38 (34.5) 0.749 0.894 0.243 1.519c, df=3, p=.678 1.119 (0.561, 2.231) 1.068 (0.407, 2.805) 0.606 (0.262, 1.405)
Cocaine, 24 (40.0) 46 (38.3) 42 (38.2) 0.680 0.868 0.994 0.219c, df=3, p=.974 1.155 (0.583, 2.286) 1.086 (0.411, 2.867) 1.003 (0.428, 2.352)
Opiates 1 (1.7) 6 (5.0) 5 (4.5) 0.136 0.870 0.528 3.937c, df=3, p=.268 0.198 (0.024, 1.663) 0.859 (0.138, 5.324) 0.592 (0.116, 3.014)
Methamphetamine 16 (26.7) 43 (35.8) 42 (38.2) 0.046 0.743 0.219 5.427c, df=3, p=.143 0.478 (0.232, 0.987) 0.847 (0.313, 2.289) 1.770 (0.712, 4.401)
Ecstasy 6 (10.0) 9 (7.5) 8 (7.3) 0.145 excluded* 0.412 3.316, df=2, p=.191 2.906 (0.693, 12.176) excluded* 2.434 (0.290, 20.429)
Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate (GHB) 3 (5.0) 10 (8.3) 11 (10.0) 0.211 0.657 0.166 4.198c, df=3, p=.241 0.419 (0.107, 1.639) 0.679 (0.123, 3.748) 4.721 (0.525, 42.447)

All values n (%); c=Chi-square

Cluster A: paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal; Cluster B: antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, histrionic; Cluster C: avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive;

*

cluster B excluded (odds ratio denominator = zero). All 9 ecstasy users are in Cluster B. A simple Chi-square of cluster B by ecstasy is not significant p=.157.