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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2015 Jan 16;39(2):355–362. doi: 10.1111/acer.12618

Table 3.

The prospective relationship between perceived tiredness and drugs-related problems

Time 2
Drug-related problems Ever used illicit drugs


Variable Wald χ2 Odds ratio 95% CI Wald χ2 Odds ratio 95% CI

Gender 0.99 0.89 0.72–1.12 1.07 1.09 0.92–1.29
Age 0.90 0.93 0.80–1.08 0.78 0.95 0.84–1.07
Race-ethnicity 0.45 1.09 0.85–1.40 0.07 0.98 0.81–1.18
Education 3.69 1.18 1.00–1.40 0.83 1.06 0.93–1.21
Poverty status 1.22 0.83 0.60–1.16 0.17 0.95 0.76–1.20
Chronic health conditions 0.14 1.04 0.84–1.30 0.39 1.05 0.89–1.25
Drug-related problems (Time 1)a 496.32 15.03*** 11.84–19.08 858.68 13.14*** 11.06–15.62
Trouble falling asleep (Time 1)b 1.90 1.08 0.97–1.19 5.60 1.10* 1.02–1.19
Hours of sleep 4.39 0.92* 0.85–0.99 5.82 0.93* 0.87–0.99

Time 3
Drug-related problems Ever used illicit drugs


Variable Wald χ2 Odds ratio 95% CI Wald χ2 Odds ratio 95% CI

Gender 26.44 0.47*** 0.35–0.63 48.61 0.58*** 0.45–0.67
Age 3.72 0.82* 0.67–1.00 17.53 0.79*** 0.71–0.88
Race-ethnicity 1.83 1.25 0.91–1.73 29.96 1.63*** 1.37–1.95
Education 0.44 0.93 0.74–1.16 1.70 1.08 0.96–1.22
Poverty status 0.39 0.86 0.55–1.36 2.57 0.82 0.65–1.05
Chronic health conditions 1.23 1.17 0.89–1.55 0.47 0.95 0.81–1.10
Drug-related problems (Time 2)a 69.29 4.23*** 3.01–5.95 201.45 3.46*** 2.91–4.11
Trouble falling asleep (Time 2)b 1.66 1.10 0.95–1.27 2.32 1.07 0.98–1.16
Hours of sleep 0.30 1.03 0.93–1.14 1.04 0.97 0.92–1.03

Note.

a

Drug-related problems or the experience of using illicit drugs in a previous wave were controlled for in the analyses.

Note.

b

Frequency of trouble falling asleep or staying asleep in the last twelve months.

*

p < .05,

**

p <.01,

***

p <.001.