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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain Med. 2012 Oct 11;13(11):1436–1443. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01497.x

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of PC participants with chronic pain and analgesic medication use stratified by prescription drug use disorder (PDUD) (n=264)

Variable PDUD n = 61 (23 %) No Disorder n = 203 (77 %) p-value

Mean Age, yr 45.9 47.3 0.24

Female Gender 49% 58% 0.24

Race African American 54% 60% 0.26
Hispanic 13% 9%
White 28% 20%
Other 5% 11%

Education >12 yrs 66% 73% 0.26

On Disability 57% 51% 0.47

PTSD 49% 33% 0.02

Depression 56% 33% 0.002

Current Smoker 70% 45% <0.001

Ever in Jail 71% 33% <0.001

Family Substance Abuse 74% 48% <0.001