Table 2.
Clinical Characteristics by Opioids Cohort
| Clinical Characteristics | Total (N = 51,178) |
None (N = 33,229) |
Acute: Opioids [1, 30] (N = 13,635) |
Moderate: Opioids [31, 90] (N = 1698) |
Chronic: Opioids >90 Days (N = 2616) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline Charlson comorbidity score(continuous) | n | 51,178 | 33,229 | 13,635 | 1698 | 2616 | |
| Mean (SD) | 0.66 (1.23) | 0.55 (1.13) | 0.70 (1.24) | 1.13 (1.52) | 1.46 (1.77) | <0.001 | |
| Baseline Charlson comorbidity score (categorical) | <0.001 | ||||||
| 0 | n | 34,760 | 23,990 | 8896 | 815 | 1059 | |
| % | 67.92 | 72.20 | 65.24 | 48.00 | 40.48 | <0.001 | |
| 1–2 | n | 12,304 | 7126 | 3582 | 630 | 966 | |
| % | 24.04 | 21.45 | 26.27 | 37.10 | 36.93 | <0.001 | |
| 3–4 | n | 3071 | 1597 | 886 | 178 | 410 | |
| % | 6.00 | 4.81 | 6.50 | 10.48 | 15.67 | <0.001 | |
| 5+ | n | 1043 | 516 | 271 | 75 | 181 | |
| % | 2.04 | 1.55 | 1.99 | 4.42 | 6.92 | <0.001 | |
| Total person-years (N = 173,466) |
None (N = 142,640) |
Acute: Opioids [0, 30] (N = 21,719) |
Moderate: Opioids [31, 90] (N = 3721) |
Chronic: Opioids >90 days (N = 5386) |
P | ||
| Prior year pain | n | 89,505 | 68,011 | 13,831 | 2413 | 5250 | |
| % | 51.60 | 47.68 | 63.68 | 80.17 | 86.11 | <0.001 |
SD, standard deviation.