Table 4. Relationships between suspected intellectual disability (ID) and primary substance of use in homeless people who regularly use substances (n = 180)*.
Suspected ID | No suspected ID | OR | 95% CI | p-value | |
Mainly alcohol use (%) | 55.9 | 47.9 | 1.25 | 0.637–2.467 | 0.512 |
Mainly cannabis use (%) | 30.5 | 46.3 | 0.53 | 0.251–1.101 | 0.088 |
Mainly other substances (%) (1) | 13.6 | 5.8 | 2.46 | 0.836–7.247 | 0.102 |
*Multivariate logistic regression analysis adjusted for age and gender.
(1) Other substances: cocaine (n = 12), methadone (n = 2), heroin (n = 1), XTC (n = 1), amphetamine (n = 1).
ID = intellectual disability.
Note: for each comparison, the no suspected ID group is the reference group.