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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2011 Aug 9;42(1):87–94. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2011.07.003

Table 2.

Bivariate logistic regressions evaluating the influence of age in the dependent variables shown*

18–24 (n=494) P Value 25–34 (n=998) P Value 35–44 (n=605) P Value 45+ (n=476) P Value
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Source of Primary Opioid
 Dealer 2.05 (1.65–2.54) <.001 1.53 (1.30–1.81) <.001 0.75 (0.63–0.91) .003 0.37 (0.30–0.45) <.001
 Medical 0.41 (0.33–0.50) <.001 0.89 (0.76–1.05) .16 1.28 (1.06–1.53) .009 2.20 (1.79–2.70) <.001
 Shared 1.23 (1.01–1.49) .04 1.11 (0.95–1.30) .20 0.86 (0.71–1.03) .10 0.83 (0.68–1.02) .07
 Stolen 1.40 (1.09–1.81) .009 1.19 (0.96–1.48) .11 0.74 (0.56–0.96) .03 0.72 (0.53–0.97) .03
Psychiatric Disorder
 Any 0.68 (0.55–0.83) <.001 0.84 (0.72–0.99) .03 1.20 (1.00–1.45) .05 1.60 (1.30–1.97) <.001
 Anxiety 0.64 (0.48–0.85) .002 1.45 (1.15–1.83) .002 0.97 (0.75–1.25) .82 0.91 (0.70–1.19) .51
 Bipolar 0.82 (0.59–1.14) .23 1.00 (0.79–1.28) .10 1.11 (0.85–1.44) .46 1.05 (0.79–1.39) .76
 Depression 0.52 (0.38–0.71) <.001 1.15 (0.89–1.50) .29 1.17 (0.87–1.57) .30 1.25 (0.91–1.71) .17
 Other 1.80 (1.32–2.45) <.001 1.15 (0.90–1.49) .27 0.82 (0.61–1.10) .19 0.58 (0.41–0.80) .001
Physical Health
 Moderate to Severe Pain in last 7 days 0.53 (0.44–0.65) <.001 0.78 (0.67–0.92) .003 1.34 (1.11–1.62) .002 2.12 (1.70–2.64) <.001
Substance Use
Alcohol Dependence 0.58 (0.46–0.73) <.001 0.65 (0.54–0.78) <.001 1.34 (1.10–1.64) .004 2.33 (1.86–2.91) <.001
 Nicotine Dependence 0.57 (0.44–0.72) <.001 1.01 (0.83–1.24) .89 1.35 (1.06–1.73) .02 1.30 (0.99–1.71) .06
*

Numbers in bold are statistically significant (a priori set at P<.01)