Table 3.
Association between body weight status and substance use among African American femalesa
| Overweight | Obesity | Overweight and obesity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active marijuana use (vs. no) | Odds ratio | 0.386 | 0.653 | 0.537 |
| 95% CI | (0.184, 0.809) | (0.327, 1.304) | (0.296, 0.974) | |
| P value | 0.012 | 0.227 | 0.041 | |
| Active opiate (other than heroin) use (vs. no) | Odds ratio | 0.814 | 0.914 | 0.756 |
| 95% CI | (0.204, 3.243) | (0.230, 3.627) | (0.241, 2.369) | |
| P value | 0.770 | 0.898 | 0.631 | |
| Active speedball, crack or cocaine use (vs. no) | Odds ratio | 0.618 | 0.544 | 0.631 |
| 95% CI | (0.288, 1.324) | (0.231, 1.278) | (0.330, 1.207) | |
| P value | 0.216 | 0.162 | 0.164 | |
| Active heroin use (vs. no) | Odds ratio | 0.582 | 0.513 | 0.505 |
| 95% CI | (0.252, 1.344) | (0.218, 1.207) | (0.250, 1.020) | |
| P value | 0.205 | 0.126 | 0.057 | |
| Active other drug use (e.g., stimulants, sleeping pills, buprenorphine) (vs. no) |
Odds ratio | 1.712 | 1.968 | 2.008 |
| 95% CI | (0.579, 5.058) | (0.540, 7.176) | (0.656, 6.144) | |
| P value | 0.331 | 0.305 | 0.222 | |
| Current smoking (vs. no) | Odds ratio | 0.547 | 0.887 | 0.702 |
| 95% CI | (0.234, 1.279) | (0.393, 2.001) | (0.341, 1.445) | |
| P value | 0.164 | 0.772 | 0.337 | |
| Active alcohol use (vs. no) | Odds ratio | 1.276 | 0.760 | 0.887 |
| 95% CI | (0.635, 2.564) | (0.393, 1.470) | (0.488, 1.614) | |
| P value | 0.494 | 0.415 | 0.695 |
a
Logistic regression models were adjusted for age, unemployment, income, marital status, current pregnancy, depression, HIV infection, and different types of substance use other than the substance of interest.