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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Abus. 2017 Jul 19;38(4):407–413. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2017.1356791

Table 1:

Cox Regression Model for Time to Opioid Dependence using Sociodemographics and Age of Opioid Initiation (n = 118)

Characteristic B SE t-value p-value HRs 95% CIs

Age of Opioid Initiation 0.047 0.003 16.94 < 0.001 1.05 1.04–1.06
Young Adults (18–25) ***Reference Group***
Ages 26–35 −0.014 0.103 −0.14 0.90 0.99 0.74–1.31
Ages 36–50 −0.758 0.012 −4.4 0.011 0.47 0.29–0.76
Ages 51 and older −0.671 0.127 −5.27 0.006 0.51 0.36–0.73
Male ***Reference Group***
Female −0.304 0.057 −5.32 0.006 0.74 0.63–0.86
Caucasian ***Reference Group***
Hispanic/Latino −0.975 0.120 −8.12 0.001 0.38 0.27–0.53
Native American −0.755 0.108 −7.03 0.002 0.47 0.35–0.63
Asian-American 0.454 0.106 4.27 0.013 1.58 1.17–2.12
African-American −0.096 0.067 −1.43 0.22 0.91 0.75–1.09
Multiracial 1.146 0.190 6.02 0.004 3.15 1.85–5.33
Married ***Reference Group***
Co-Habitating 0.416 0.029 14.29 0.0001 1.52 1.40–1.64
Widowed 0.859 0.154 5.57 0.005 2.36 1.54–3.63
Divorced −0.142 0.064 −2.21 0.09 0.87 0.73–1.04
Separated 0.515 0.119 4.32 0.013 1.67 1.20–2.33
Never Married −0.243 0.077 −3.14 0.035 0.78 0.63–0.97
HS Graduate ***Reference Group***
HS Dropout −0.162 0.068 −2.39 0.08 0.85 0.70–1.03
Some College 0.300 0.120 2.50 0.07 1.35 0.97–1.89
College Graduate −0.045 0.105 −0.43 0.69 0.96 0.71–1.28
Postgraduate Work −0.121 0.522 −0.23 0.28 0.83 0.21–3.77
Less than 40,000 USD ***Reference Group***
40,000–69,999 USD 0.174 0.106 1.65 0.18 1.19 0.89–1.60
70,000–99,999 USD −0.362 0.322 −1.12 0.32 0.70 0.29–1.70
100,000–149,999 USD 0.175 0.062 2.82 0.048 1.19 1.00–1.42
150,000 or more USD 1.549 0.161 9.64 0.0006 4.71 3.01–7.35
Currently Employed −0.304 0.072 −4.22 0.014 0.74 0.60–0.90
Current Student 0.125 0.180 0.69 0.53 1.13 0.69–1.87
Northeastern US ***Reference Group***
Midwest −0.291 0.064 −4.57 0.01 0.75 0.63–0.89
Southern US 0.283 0.096 2.94 0.042 1.33 1.02–1.73
Western US 0.032 0.072 0.44 0.68 1.03 0.85–1.26