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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 Aug 28;227:108980. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108980

Table 2.

Bivariate association between predictors and opioid use disorder in 14–18 year olds in the derivation site

Characteristic OUD P valuea
No
(n=76,495)
Yes
(n=108)
Age, mean years (SD) 15.4 (1.48) 16.3 (1.48) <0.0001
Race/ethnicity, n (%)b
 Non-Hispanic White, 34,245 (44.8%) 65 (60.2%) 0.006
 Hispanic or Non-Whitec 25,258 (33%) 26 (24.1%)
 Unknown 16992 (22.2%) 17 (15.7%)
Male vs Female, n (%) 38843 (50.8%) 60 (55.6%) 0.32
Smoking status
 Current or Former n (%) 1223 (1.6%) 19 (17.6%) <.0001
 Nonsmoker, n (%) 57838 (75.6%) 66 (61.1%)
 Unknown, n (%) 17434 (22.8%) 23 (21.3%)
Substance use or SUD, n (%)d 1209 (1.6%) 22 (20.4%) <.0001
Mental health diagnosis, n (%)e 11287 (14.8%) 53 (49.1%) <.0001
Chronic pain diagnosis, n (%) 13980 (18.3%) 28 (25.9%) 0.04
Opioid dispensing in prior year, n (%) 3958 (5.2%) 11 (10.2%) 0.02
Sexual or other behavioral risk indicators, n (%)f 2588 (3.4%) 5 (4.6%) 0.47
Automobile crash or unintentional injury, n (%)g 4475 (5.9%) 16 (14.8%) <.0001
a)

p-value for chi-square test except for age where p-value from t-test

b)

Age and race were not included in the final variable model

c)

Non-white includes Hispanic, Black, Asian, Native American or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, or other

d)

Substance use or SUD excludes tobacco. Persons with history of opioid abuse excluded in study selection.

e)

Mental health condition included Affective/mood disorder, anxiety/adjustment disorder, autism spectrum disorder, conduct disorder, depression, dementia, eating disorder, bipolar/manic disorder, gender identity disorder, other (non-schizophrenic) psychotic disorder, personality disorder, psychotic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia spectrum disorder, suicidal ideation, potential self-harm, and definite self-harm

f)

Sexual or other behavioral risk indicators includes pregnancy, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, chancroid, trichomoniasis, herpes, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, pelvic inflammatory disease, human papillomavirus, condyloma acuminatum, granuloma inguinale, and salpingitis and oophoritis

g)

Includes diagnoses for any automobile accident including as a bystander and unintential injuries (e.g., accidents from sporting events, daily living, guns, and fire)