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. 2021 Sep 13;74(3):1129–1136. doi: 10.1007/s13304-021-01131-2

Table 3.

Substance misuse by age groups

Substances  ≤ 17 years 18–29 years 30–35 years 36–50 years  ≥ 50 years P value
Ethanol n (%) 0 10 (6.6) 35 (23.2) 65 (43) 41 (27.2) 0.003*
Cocaine n (%) 0 3 (4.5) 17 (25.8) 26 (39.4) 20 (30.3) 0.103
Opiates n (%) 0 0 1 (25) 2 (50) 1 (25) 0.905
Cannabis n (%) 0 9 (9.5) 27(28.4) 39 (41.1) 20 (21.1) 0.002*
Benzodiazepine n (%) 0 0 0 1 (33.3) 2 (66.7) 0.809

*Statistical significance