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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Jun 15;38(14):E849–E860. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182959e4e

Table 4.

Average over four years area under the curve results (per year) from adjusted as-treated outcome analysis by utilization of opioid at enrollment.

IDH ESI Surgical Non-operative Treatment Effect (95% CI)
SF-36 Bodily Pain (BP) (0–100) (SE) Non-Opioid 44 (1.2) 39.9 (1.3) 4.2 (0.5, 7.8)
Opioid 44.1 (1.1) 36.7 (1.5) 7.4 (3.6, 11.2)

pvalue 0.96 0.078 0.15

SF-36 Physical Function (PF) (0–100) (SE) Non-Opioid 41 (1.2) 34.8 (1.3) 6.2 (2.6, 9.8)
Opioid 40.7 (1.1) 33.2 (1.4) 7.5 (3.8, 11.3)

pvalue 0.84 0.36 0.55

Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) (0–100) (SE) Non-Opioid −34.8 (1) −29.9 (1.1) −4.9 (−7.9, −1.8)
Opioid −35.1 (0.9) −28.4 (1.2) −6.7 (−9.9, −3.5)

pvalue 0.84 0.30 0.34

Sciatica Bothersomeness Index (0–24) (SE) Non-Opioid −9.7 (0.3) −8.6 (0.3) −1.1 (−1.9, −0.2)
Opioid −9.8 (0.3) −8.1 (0.3) −1.7 (−2.6, −0.8)

pvalue 0.78 0.17 0.20