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. 2020 Nov 9;10(10):e037679. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037679

Table 4.

Risk for disease of despair diagnosis as a function of demographic and enrolment characteristics, 2018

Variable Any disease of despair Alcohol-related diagnosis Substance-related diagnosis Suicide-related diagnosis
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Men (ref=women) 1.49 (1.47 to 1.51) 2.35 (2.30 to 2.41) 1.23 (1.20 to 1.25) 0.72 (0.70 to 0.75)
Age (ref=18–34)
 <1 year 0.18 (0.15 to 0.22) 0.02 (0.01 to 0.04) 0.37 (0.31 to 0.44)
 1–17 years 0.23 (0.22 to 0.24) 0.06 (0.05 to 0.06) 0.07 (0.06 to 0.08) 0.79 (0.75 to 0.83)
 35–54 years 0.92 (0.90 to 0.94) 1.09 (1.06 to 1.13) 0.92 (0.90 to 0.95) 0.35 (0.33 to 0.37)
 55–74 years 0.83 (0.81 to 0.84) 1.19 (1.15 to 1.22) 0.66 (0.64 to 0.68) 0.21 (0.20 to 0.23)
 75+ years 0.44 (0.42 to 0.46) 0.59 (0.55 to 0.63) 0.34 (0.31 to 0.36) 0.15 (0.13 to 0.17)
Insurance (ref=employer sponsored)
 ACA 1.3 (1.24 to 1.37) 1.37 (1.28 to 1.48) 1.33 (1.24 to 1.42) 1.05 (0.91 to 1.21)
 Medicare 1.51 (1.46 to 1.55) 1.3 (1.25 to 1.36) 1.73 (1.65 to 1.81) 2.19 (1.98 to 2.43)
 Other 0.71 (0.67 to 0.74) 0.73 (0.68 to 0.78) 0.61 (0.57 to 0.66) 0.84 (0.77 to 0.92)

Bold indicates statistical significance, p<0.05.

ACA, Affordable Care Act.