Table 3.
Association of food security over the previous year with substance use outcome categories.a
| Any illicit substance use |
Cannabis use |
Stimulant use |
Opioid use |
Prescription drug misuse |
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| aOR | 95% CI | P-value | aOR | 95% CI | P-value | aOR | 95% CI | P-value | aOR | 95% CI | P-value | aOR | 95% CI | P-value | |
| Current + previous food security (high ref) | |||||||||||||||
| Marginal | 2.42 | (1.31,4.46) | 0.005 | 1.29 | (0.75, 2.23) | 0.350 | 2.00 | (1.04, 3.87) | 0.039 | 2.14 | (0.60, 7.64) | 0.240 | 2.19 | (0.81, 5.96) | 0.120 |
| Low | 2.80 | (1.54, 5.11) | 0.001 | 2.49 | (1.44, 4.31) | 0.001 | 2.81 | (1.48 5.3 5) | 0.002 | 4.01 | (1.22, 13.13) | 0.022 | 2.41 | (0.97, 6.00) | 0.058 |
| Very low | 5.64 | (3.07, 10.37) | < 0.001 | 2.79 | (1.50, 5.20) | 0.001 | 6.04 | (3.18, 11.44) | < 0.001 | 10.04 | (3.00, 33.68) | < 0.001 | 2.11 | (0.81, 5.53) | 0.123 |
a
Results are the exponentiated linear combinations of the natural log of the adjusted odds ratios (aOR) for current and prior food security within each level (i.e. marginal, low and very low) from Table 2, i.e. persistent FS = e^[ln aORcurrent) + In (aORprior)]. Estimates, confidence intervals and P-values obtained through post-estimation commands for linear combinations in Stata. CI = confidence interval.