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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2019 Jun 26;27(10):1445–1453. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2019.05.023

Table 3.

Factors associated with continuous use of opioids before TJR.

Covariates ORa (95% CI), continuous vs never use of opioids
Total cohort THR cohort TKR cohort
Index TJR
  TKR vs THR 0.73 (0.71, 0.76) - -
Demographics
Index year
  2010 vs 2014 1.62 (1.19, 2.20) 1.59 (0.94, 2.67) 1.65 (1.13, 2.42)
  2011 vs 2014 1.38 (1.33, 1.44) 1.36 (1.26, 1.47) 1.40 (1.32, 1.47)
  2012 vs 2014 1.35 (1.30, 1.41) 1.38 (1.28, 1.48) 1.34 (1.27, 1.41)
  2013 vs 2014 1.10 (1.06, 1.15) 1.12 (1.04, 1.19) 1.10 (1.04, 1.15)
Age 0.97 (0.97, 0.97) 0.97 (0.97, 0.98) 0.97 (0.96, 0.97)
Gender
  Female vs male 1.10 (1.06, 1.14) 1.17 (1.10, 1.24) 1.06 (1.02, 1.11)
Race
  African American vs White 2.14 (2.01,2.28) 2.41 (2.14, 2.72) 2.05 (1.90, 2.21)
  Othersb vs White 0.52 (0.48, 0.57) 0.59 (0.49, 0.71) 0.52 (0.47, 0.57)
Region
  West vs NorthEast 1.98 (1.88, 2.08) 1.87 (1.72, 2.04) 2.05 (1.92, 2.19)
  South vs NorthEast 1.89 (1.80, 1.98) 1.82 (1.69, 1.96) 1.95 (1.84, 2.06)
  MidWest vs NorthEast 1.51 (1.43, 1.58) 1.52 (1.40, 1.64) 1.50 (1.41, 1.59)
  Others vs NorthEast 0.30 (0.17, 0.52) 0.54 (0.23, 1.27) 0.20 (0.09, 0.44)
Pain-related conditions
Falls 1.12 (1.06, 1.19) 1.00 (0.91, 1.11) 1.31 (1.21, 1.41)
Migraine 0.83 (0.79, 0.87) 0.73 (0.66, 0.80) 0.88 (0.83, 0.94)
Neuropathy 1.30 (1.26, 1.35) 1.41 (1.33, 1.49) 1.25 (1.20, 1.30)
Back pain 2.32 (2.24, 2.39) 2.23 (2.10, 2.37) 2.34 (2.25, 2.43)
Hip fracture 0.63 (0.54, 0.75) 0.65 (0.53, 0.80) 0.86 (0.63, 1.16)
Other fracture 1.32 (1.25, 1.39) 1.04 (0.96, 1.13) 1.75 (1.63, 1.88)
Other comorbidities
Combined comorbidity scorec 0.98 (0.97, 0.99) 0.98 (0.97, 1.00) 0.99 (0.98, 1.00)
Hyperlipidemia 0.60 (0.58, 0.62) 0.59 (0.56, 0.63) 0.60 (0.57, 0.62)
Hypertension 1.12 (1.07, 1.18) 1.21 (1.12, 1.31) 1.08 (1.02, 1.15)
Atrial fibrillation 0.80 (0.77, 0.84) 0.82 (0.75, 0.88) 0.79 (0.74, 0.83)
Heart failure 1.06 (1.00, 1.12) 1.04 (0.95, 1.14) 1.07 (1.00, 1.14)
Coronary heart disease 0.91 (0.86, 0.95) 0.91 (0.83, 1.00) 0.90 (0.84, 0.96)
Stroke 0.76 (0.72, 0.80) 0.72 (0.67, 0.78) 0.78 (0.73, 0.82)
Malignancy 0.82 (0.79, 0.85) 0.81 (0.76, 0.87) 0.82 (0.78, 0.86)
Diabetes 0.74 (0.72, 0.77) 0.75 (0.70, 0.80) 0.74 (0.71,0.78)
Obesity 1.09 (1.04, 1.13) 1.21 (1.12, 1.31) 1.04 (0.99, 1.09)
Chronic kidney disease 1.20 (1.14, 1.26) 1.09 (0.99, 1.19) 1.25 (1.18, 1.34)
Tobacco 1.65 (1.58, 1.71) 1.68 (1.57, 1.80) 1.64 (1.56, 1.72)
Drug abuse 5.18 (3.95, 6.79) 3.89 (2.56, 5.93) 6.72 (4.68, 9.66)
Osteoporosis 1.04 (1.00, 1.08) 1.04 (0.97, 1.12) 1.04 (0.99, 1.09)
Psychosis 0.75 (0.68, 0.84) 0.74 (0.62, 0.88) 0.79 (0.69, 0.92)
Depression 1.14 (1.09, 1.19) 1.07 (1.00, 1.16) 1.16 (1.11, 1.23)
Sleep disorder 0.90 (0.87, 0.94) 0.90 (0.84, 0.97) 0.90 (0.86, 0.94)
Anxiety 1.13 (1.08, 1.18) 1.09 (1.01, 1.18) 1.16 (1.10, 1.22)
Medication use
Non-selective NSAIDs 1.09 (1.05, 1.12) 1.06 (1.00, 1.12) 1.09 (1.05, 1.13)
COXIBs 1.01 (0.97, 1.06) 1.01 (0.93, 1.10) 1.01 (0.95, 1.07)
Corticosteroids 0.70 (0.68, 0.73) 0.67 (0.63, 0.71) 0.72 (0.69, 0.75)
Anticonvulsants 2.11 (2.03, 2.18) 2.16 (2.03, 2.29) 2.08 (1.99, 2.17)
Antidepressants 1.40 (1.35, 1.45) 1.42 (1.33, 1.51) 1.39 (1.33, 1.45)
Antipsychotics 0.64 (0.58, 0.70) 0.48 (0.41,0.57) 0.75 (0.67, 0.83)
Benzodiazepines 1.68 (1.60, 1.76) 1.55 (1.42, 1.68) 1.75 (1.65, 1.85)
Other anxiolytics 1.44 (1.38, 1.50) 1.35 (1.25, 1.45) 1.50 (1.42, 1.57)
Healthcare utilization
No. of unique prescriptions 0.99 (0.99, 1.00) 1.00 (0.99, 1.00) 0.99 (0.99, 0.99)
No. of physician visits 1.13 (1.11, 1.15) 1.09 (1.06, 1.13) 1.17 (1.14, 1.19)
No. of emergency room visits 1.25 (1.24, 1.25) 1.28 (1.27, 1.29) 1.23 (1.23, 1.24)

Abbreviations: NSAIDs non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs; COXIBs cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors

a

Adjusted for all the covariates in this table.

b

Including Hispanic and other race/ethnics

c

A combined comorbidity score ranges from −2 to 26, taking into account of 20 common individual conditions.