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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 Aug 27;227:108978. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108978

Table 1.

Logistic Regressions Examining Gender Differences in Past-Year Opioid Analgesic Misuse Initiation, Overall Misuse, and Use Disorder.

Initiation of Misuse
Past-Year Misuse
Use Disorder
Odds Ratio 95 % CI Lower 95 % CI Upper Odds Ratio 95 % CI Lower 95 % CI Upper Odds Ratio 95 % CI Lower 95 % CI Upper

Gender (reference = male) 1.18 1.05 1.32 0.81 0.77 0.86 0.70 0.63 0.78
Age (reference = 12–17)
 18–25 1.06 0.94 1.19 2.03 1.88 2.18 1.76 1.51 2.06
 26–34 0.55 0.46 0.64 1.99 1.82 2.17 2.61 2.24 3.04
 35–49 0.50 0.43 0.59 1.43 1.33 1.54 1.94 1.66 2.28
 50–64 0.34 0.27 0.42 0.96 0.85 1.08 1.25 0.99 1.59
 65+ 0.20 0.14 0.27 0.39 0.33 0.46 0.31 0.19 0.54
Race (reference = nonHispanic White)
 Black/African American 0.81 0.68 0.96 0.67 0.61 0.74 0.50 0.37 0.67
 Native American/Alaskan Native 1.05 0.61 1.78 1.07 0.86 1.34 0.86 0.57 1.30
 Native Hawaiian/ Other Pacific Islander 1.18 0.51 2.76 0.88 0.62 1.24 0.47 0.27 0.82
 Asian 0.54 0.43 0.68 0.33 0.28 0.40 0.23 0.14 0.38
 More than one race 1.01 0.75 1.35 1.19 1.02 1.38 1.14 .82 1.59
 Hispanic 0.94 0.82 1.09 0.68 0.63 0.74 0.40 0.32 0.52
Income (reference = < $20,000)
 $20,000–$49,000 0.94 0.78 1.13 0.83 0.77 0.89 0.56 0.48 0.66
 $50,000–$74,999 0.82 0.70 0.97 0.71 0.65 0.78 0.42 0.35 0.52
 $75,000 + 0.71 0.59 0.87 0.58 0.54 0.63 0.27 0.22 0.34
County (reference = large metro)
 small metro 1.03 0.88 1.19 0.98 0.93 1.04 0.93 0.81 1.07
 non-metro 0.79 0.66 0.95 0.87 0.80 0.94 0.86 0.73 1.01
Covered by Health Insurance (reference = yes) 1.01 0.84 1.22 1.30 1.20 1.40 1.44 1.22 1.69
Year (reference = 2015)
 2016 1.01 0.83 1.25 0.94 0.87 1.01 0.97 0.82 1.14
 2017 0.92 0.76 1.11 0.87 0.80 0.95 0.91 0.76 1.10
 2018 0.92 0.74 1.13 0.81 0.74 0.88 0.89 0.72 1.11
 2019 0.74 0.61 0.91 0.79 0.72 0.87 0.75 0.63 0.90