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Published in final edited form as: J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2018 Aug 9;13(4):488–497. doi: 10.1007/s11481-018-9801-x

Table 3.

Logistic regression predicting long-term opioid abstinence (n=699)

Abstinence from heroin Abstinence from heroin and other
opioids
Predictors Model I Model II Model III Model I Model II Model III
Age 1.01 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.99 0.99
(0.99,
1.02)
(0.98,
1.02)
(0.98,
1.02)
(0.98,
1.02)
(0.97,
1.01)
(0.96,
1.01)
Gender (Male vs. Female) 0.76 0.81 0.91 1.13 1.24 1.37
(0.53,
1.09)
(0.56,
1.17)
(0.61,
1.36)
(0.75,
1.72)
(0.80,
1.90)
(0.86,
2.19)
Randomization (BUP vs.
MET)
0.68
(0.48,
0.95)*
0.74
(0.52,
1.05)
0.72
(0.50,
1.03)
0.68
(0.47,
1.00)
0.79
(0.53,
1.18)
0.79
(0.52,
1.19)
Race (vs. White)
  Black 0.64
(0.33,
1.23)
0.68
(0.35,
1.31)
0.61
(0.31,
1.20)
0.64
(0.30,
1.37)
0.69
(0.32,
1.51)
0.61
(0.27,
1.37)
  Hispanic 0.54
(0.30,
0.98)*
0.65
(0.35,
1.19)
0.64
(0.34,
1.23)
0.19
(0.07,
0.54)*
0.24
(0.08,
0.69)*
0.23
(0.08,
0.69)*
  Other 1.39
(0.73,
2.66)
1.43
(0.74,
2.78)
1.21
(0.61,
2.42)
1.80
(0.90,
3.58)
1.94
(0.95,
3.94)
1.61
(0.77,
3.36)
Sites (West vs. East) 0.71
(0.49,
1.02)
0.72
(0.50,
1.05)
0.80
(0.54,
1.19)
0.54
(0.36,
0.82)*
0.56
(0.37,
0.86)*
0.63
(0.40,
0.99)*
Number of baseline diseases
  Medical 0.99
(0.86,
1.15)
1.02
(0.88,
1.18)
1.04
(0.89,
1.21)
0.94
(0.80,
1.11)
0.98
(0.83,
1.16)
1.00
(0.84,
1.19)
  Psychiatric 0.91
(0.81,
1.02)
0.90
(0.80,
1.02)
0.96
(0.85,
1.09)
0.92
(0.81,
1.05)
0.91
(0.79,
1.04)
0.99
(0.85,
1.15)
Smoker at baseline 0.55
(0.33,
0.94)*
0.57
(0.34,
0.98)*
0.63
(0.36,
1.10)
0.60
(0.34,
1.06)
0.62
(0.34,
1.12)
0.76
(0.40,
1.44)
Past 30 days use of
  Alcohol 1.40
(0.97,
2.01)
1.35
(0.93,
1.95)
1.37
(0.93,
2.02)
0.98
(0.65,
1.49)
0.91
(0.59,
1.40)
0.93
(0.59,
1.45)
  Drugs by injection 0.41
(0.28,
0.59)*
0.42
(0.29,
0.61)*
0.44
(0.30,
0.65)*
0.70
(0.47,
1.06)
0.76
(0.49,
1.16)
0.85
(0.54,
1.32)
Cocaine positive by urine
test
0.54
(0.37,
0.80)*
0.57
(0.39,
0.85)*
0.58
(0.38,
0.87)*
0.79
(0.52,
1.22)
0.88
(0.56,
1.37)
0.96
(0.60,
1.53)
Ever employed during
follow-up
0.78
(0.52,
1.16)
1.06
(0.67,
1.70)
Age at first opioid use
1.03
(1.00,
1.05)*
1.03
(1.00,
1.06)*
Social support score 1.06
(1.02,
1.10)*
1.06
(1.02,
1.11)*
Barratt Impulsiveness Scale 0.96
(0.94,
0.98)*
0.96
(0.93,
0.98)*
Months of treatment
during the past 5 years
1.02
(1.01,
1.03)*
1.02
(1.01,
1.03)*
1.03
(1.02,
1.04)*
1.03
(1.02,
1.04)*
Months of incarceration
during the past 5 years
0.98
(0.96,
1.00)
0.99
(0.96,
1.01)
0.98
(0.95,
1.01)
0.99
(0.96,
1.02)

Note. Abstinence from heroin: no heroin use during five years prior to the participants’ last self-reported record from the TLFB; Abstinence from heroin and other opioids: no heroin and other opioids use during the 5 years prior to the participants’ last self-reported record from the TLFB; BUP: Buprenorphine/naloxone; MET: Methadone.

*

The 95% confidence interval of odds ratio is statistically significant.