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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Behav Health Serv Res. 2011 Jul;38(3):358–372. doi: 10.1007/s11414-010-9227-6

Table 2.

Logistic Regression Results for Demographic and Substance Use Correlates of Low Mental Health Functioning (n=5,641)*

Variable Low Mental Health Functioning

OR CI

Female 1.711 1.49, 1.96
Age 1.013 1.002, 1.013
Not married/living together 1.123 1.009, 1.35
African-American 0.822 0.72, 0.94
High school graduate or less 1.10 0.95, 1.26
Unemployed 2.21 1.93, 2.53
No health insurance 0.85 0.72, 1.00
Injury presentation 0.802 0.69, 0.93
Alcohol use:**
 Alcohol use, no binge 1.03 0.88, 1.21
 Binge drinker 1.13 0.95, 1.34
Use cocaine 2.481 1.87, 3.28
Use marijuana 1.661 1.41, 1.96
*

low mental health functioning by the lowest quartile on the mental health component of the SF-12; OR=odds ratio, CI=confidence interval for OR

**

reference group=no alcohol;

1

p < 0.001

2

p < 0.01

3

p < 0.05