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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Psychiatry. 2013 Mar 20;54(6):627–638. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.12.020

Table 1.

The associations between physical disorders at baseline and 3-year incidence of DSM-IV substance use disorders.

Substance use disorder
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol dependence
Drug abuse
Drug dependence
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Controlling for sociodemographic characteristicsa only
    Circulatory
        Arteriosclerosis 1.07 (0.48–2.39) 0.85 (0.28–2.62) 1.42 (0.36–5.65) 1.71 (0.38–7.75)
        Coronary heart disease 0.60 (0.34–1.05) 1.54 (0.90–2.65) 1.50 (0.53–4.23) 2.55 (1.384.73)
        Hypertension 0.88 (0.64–1.20) 0.97 (0.73–1.30) 1.71 (1.10–2.65) 1.26 (0.71–2.23)
        Other heart disease 0.71 (0.45–1.12) 1.10 (0.71–1.72) 1.15 (0.65–2.05) 2.39 (1.274.50)
    Digestive
        Stomach 1.10 (0.76–1.59) 1.28 (0.85–1.95) 1.68 (1.05–2.70) 1.76 (0.84–3.66)
        Liver 0.53 (0.11–2.58) 1.80 (0.81–4.01) 2.69 (0.87–8.32) 2.02 (0.64–6.35)
    Musculoskeletal
        Arthritis 0.91 (0.67–1.24) 0.83 (0.59–1.15) 1.34 (0.84–2.12) 2.01 (1.153.53)
Controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, stress and health risk factors
    Circulatory
        Arteriosclerosis 1.24 (0.55–2.79) 0.59 (0.19–1.87) 0.64 (0.09–4.44) 1.67 (0.36–7.82)
        Coronary heart disease 0.69 (0.40–1.21) 1.43 (0.83–2.47) 1.46 (0.50–4.23) 2.46 (1.314.62)
        Hypertension 1.00 (0.73–1.39) 1.09 (0.80–1.47) 1.74 (1.10–2.74) 1.40 (0.81–2.43)
        Other heart disease 0.79 (0.50–1.23) 1.05 (0.69–1.60) 1.14 (0.63–2.08) 2.33 (1.224.43)
    Digestive
        Stomach 1.13 (0.78–1.64) 1.32 (0.86–2.01) 1.55 (0.95–2.51) 1.62 (0.76–3.43)
        Liver 0.57 (0.11–2.91) 1.99 (0.91–4.38) 2.82 (0.99–8.05) 1.93 (0.62–6.03)
    Musculoskeletal
        Arthritis 0.93 (0.69–1.27) 0.83 (0.60–1.15) 1.26 (0.78–2.02) 1.93 (1.093.40)
Controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, stress, health risk factors, and comorbid physical and psychiatric disorders
    Circulatory
        Arteriosclerosis 1.54 (0.65–3.65) 0.53 (0.16–1.72) 0.49 (0.06–4.09) 0.83 (0.16–4.34)
        Coronary heart disease 0.69 (0.37–1.30) 1.43 (0.79–2.57) 1.24 (0.35–4.41) 1.50 (0.82–2.74)
        Hypertension 1.03 (0.74–1.42) 1.06 (0.78–1.44) 1.65 (1.02–2.67) 1.09 (0.57–2.08)
        Other heart disease 0.81 (0.49–1.33) 0.93 (0.58–1.48) 0.86 (0.38–1.92) 1.56 (0.77–3.15)
    Digestive
        Stomach 1.14 (0.79–1.65) 1.29 (0.85–1.97) 1.39 (0.84–2.29) 1.26 (0.55–2.90)
        Liver 0.56 (0.11–2.88) 1.77 (0.80–3.95) 2.27 (0.78–6.61) 1.25 (0.41–3.80)
    Musculoskeletal
        Arthritis 0.92 (0.68–1.26) 0.76 (0.54–1.06) 1.09 (0.66–1.82) 1.61 (0.85–3.06)

Numbers in bold print indicate statistical significance, α < 0.05.

a

Sociodemographic characteristics considered were gender, age, race/ethnicity, marital status, education, income, urbanicity and census region.