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. 2016 Apr 29;6(4):e010664. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010664

Table 4.

Risk factors for developing new chronic opioid use after THA surgery (N=190/8932)

Risk factor Crude OR (95% CI) p Value Adjusted OR (95% CI) p Value
Demographics
 Sex: women vs men 1.47 (1.09 to 1.97) 0.011 1.40 (1.00 to 1.96) 0.049*
Opioid-related comorbidities
 Back pain 5.52 (4.12 to 7.41) <0.001 3.90 (2.85 to 5.33) <0.001*
 Depression 2.13 (1.56 to 2.93) <0.001 1.70 (1.20 to 2.41) 0.003*
 Alcohol abuse 3.08 (1.23 to 7.71) 0.016 2.16 (0.75 to 6.22) 0.152
 Psychoses 2.98 (1.55 to 5.74) 0.001 1.39 (0.65 to 2.96) 0.392
 Anxiety 1.66 (1.14 to 2.43) 0.009 1.00 (0.66 to 1.50) 0.990
Medical comorbidities
 Migraine 5.16 (1.19 to 22.38) 0.028 5.11 (1.08 to 24.18) 0.040*
 Liver mild disease 7.37 (2.16 to 25.10) 0.001 4.33 (1.08 to 17.35) 0.039*
 Weight loss 3.82 (1.64 to 8.89) 0.002 2.60 (1.06 to 6.39) 0.038*
 Dementia 2.79 (1.40 to 5.56) 0.003 2.19 (1.04 to 4.61) 0.039*
 Gastric acid disease 2.49 (1.84 to 3.36) <0.001 1.62 (1.16 to 2.25) 0.004*
 Hyperlipidaemia 1.76 (1.32 to 2.34) <0.001 1.38 (1.00 to 1.91) 0.048*
 Diabetes with complications 2.08 (1.34 to 3.25) 0.001 1.86 (0.97 to 3.57) 0.063
 Epilepsy 3.15 (1.97 to 5.02) <0.001 1.01 (0.58 to 1.77) 0.972
 Benign prostatic hypertrophy 1.64 (0.89 to 3.05) 0.116 1.61 (0.81 to 3.22) 0.176
 Peripheral vascular disease 2.44 (1.27 to 4.68) 0.008 1.57 (0.77 to 3.19) 0.215
 Osteoporosis/Paget's 1.89 (1.32 to 2.71) 0.001 1.30 (0.88 to 1.93) 0.186
 Myocardial infarction 2.46 (1.32 to 4.59) 0.005 1.46 (0.73 to 2.94) 0.284
 Diabetes uncomplicated 1.40 (0.92 to 2.13) 0.114 0.76 (0.41 to 1.39) 0.374
 Antiplatelets agents 1.38 (1.03 to 1.85) 0.032 0.85 (0.61 to 1.17) 0.317
 Chronic pulmonary disease 2.10 (1.30 to 3.41) 0.003 1.31 (0.74 to 2.33) 0.349
 Reactive airway disease 1.33 (0.96 to 1.85) 0.091 0.89 (0.60 to 1.30) 0.538
 Hypothyroidism 1.63 (1.02 to 2.61) 0.042 1.22 (0.74 to 2.00) 0.442
 Angina 1.86 (1.28 to 2.68) 0.001 1.18 (0.77 to 1.79) 0.446
 RA/collage vascular disorders 2.63 (1.06 to 6.54) 0.038 1.38 (0.49 to 3.84) 0.542
 Inflammatory bowel syndrome 2.55 (0.92 to 7.06) 0.071 1.37 (0.45 to 4.17) 0.583
 Liver disease (severe) or failure 2.21 (1.24 to 3.93) 0.007 1.10 (0.59 to 2.04) 0.764
 Congestive heart failure 1.85 (1.30 to 2.64) 0.001 1.07 (0.72 to 1.60) 0.728
 Parkinson's disease 2.23 (0.97 to 5.12) 0.059 1.14 (0.43 to 3.01) 0.796
 Renal disease/failure 1.91 (1.10 to 3.32) 0.022 1.06 (0.59 to 1.91) 0.849
 Other neurological disorder 2.29 (0.92 to 5.68) 0.074 1.14 (0.38 to 3.44) 0.811
Other analgesic use
 Pre-THA: hypnotics and sedatives 2.31 (1.70 to 3.12) <0.001 1.56 (1.13 to 2.16) 0.007*
 Pre-THA: antineuropathic pain 4.72 (3.31 to 6.72) <0.001 3.11 (2.05 to 4.72) <0.001*
 Pre-THA: muscle relaxants 4.22 (0.87 to 18.06) 0.053 1.95 (0.39 to 9.74) 0.416
 Pre-THA: corticosteroids 1.78 (1.25 to 2.55) 0.002 1.17 (0.79 to 1.74) 0.430
 Bilateral procedure (more than 365 days) 0.60 (0.36 to 1.00) 0.049 0.70 (0.41 to 1.20) 0.194

*Significant variables (p<0.05) in final model.

RA, rheumatoid arthritis; THA, total hip arthroplasty.