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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Feb 21;185:305–312. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.12.030

Table 4.

Multivariable comparison of demographic and select clinical characteristics for cocaine compared to methamphetamine/amphetamine (MAMP) deaths in San Francisco, 2005 - 2015 (n = 695)

MV4: Adjusted odds of
cocaine compared to
MAMP†† death for those
with cardiac causes of death
MV5: Adjusted odds of
cocaine compared to MAMP††
death for those with cerebral
hemorrhagic causes of death
MV6: Adjusted odds of
cocaine compared to
MAMP†† death for those with
cardiac significant conditions
aOR 95% CI aOR 95% CI aOR 95% CI



Demographic characteristics
 Age 1.05 1.03 - 1.06** 1.05 1.03 - 1.07** 1.04 1.02 - 1.06**
 Sex
  Male 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Female 1.25 0.78 - 1.99 1.31 0.81 - 2.11 1.25 0.78 - 2.00
 Race/ethnicity
  White 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Black/African American 11.37 7.05 - 18.33** 11.22 6.96 - 18.10** 11.31 7.00 - 18.28**
  Hispanic/Latino(a) 2.16 1.24 - 3.78** 2.23 1.28 - 3.88** 2.25 1.29 - 3.93**
  Asian/Pacific Islander 1.32 0.67 - 2.58 1.33 0.68 - 2.61 1.28 0.65 - 2.51
  Other/Mixed 2.18 0.80 - 5.95 2.18 0.80 - 5.94 2.00 0.74 - 5.41
 Death Year
  2005 - 2007 1.00 1.00 1.00
  2008 - 2010 0.65 0.38 - 1.12 0.68 0.40 - 1.16 0.65 0.38 - 1.11
  2011 - 2013 0.45 0.27 - 0.75** 0.45 0.27 - 0.74** 0.43 0.26 - 0.71**
  2014 - 2015 0.26 0.15 - 0.44** 0.25 0.15 - 0.42** 0.24 0.14 - 0.41**
Death also due to alcohol†††
 No 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 7.69 3.62 - 16.31** 7.39 3.47 - 15.73** 8.12 3.81 - 17.28**
Cause of death
 Cardiac δ 1.80 0.89 - 3.63
 Cerebral hemorrhage 0.83 0.48 - 1.42
Significant contributing condition
 Cardiac δ 1.66 1.13 - 2.45*

MV: multivariable model. aOR: adjusted odds ratio. CI: confidence interval. Odds ratios compare cocaine to MAMP deaths. Except for 4/695 (0.56%) cocaine or MAMP deaths with unknown race/ethnicity (coded into "Other/Mixed" race/ethnicity), no data were missing.

Includes decedents with cause of death listed as acute toxicity from cocaine; excludes decedents with cause of death listed as acute toxicity from methamphetamine, amphetamine, or opioids.

††

Includes decedents with cause of death listed as acute toxicity from methamphetamine or amphetamine; excludes decedents with cause of death listed as acute toxicity from cocaine or opioids.

†††

Includes decedents with cause of death listed as acute toxicity from alcohol.

δ

Includes electrical conduction, aortic, pericardial, hypertension, atherosclerotic or myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure or cardiomyopathy clinical conditions.

Composite variable: cardiac cause of death or significant contributing condition.

*

p < 0.05.

**

p < 0.01.