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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2011 Aug 5;36(12):1282–1287. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.07.046

Table 3.

Interaction between substance use, bodily pain and non-medical prescription drug use*

Prevalence ratio (95% Confidence interval)
No pain Pain interferes with activity†
A little Moderately Highly
Marijuana use*
 No 1 3.37 (2.18 – 5.21) 4.03 (2.43 – 6.66) 4.23 (2.57 – 6.94)
 Yes 1 1.72 (1.15 – 2.58) 1.26 (0.77 – 2.07) 2.04 (1.31 – 3.18)
Non-injection cocaine/heroin use*
 No 1 3.27 (1.88 – 5.71) 3.15 (1.58 – 6.28) 3.38 (1.57 – 7.26)
 Yes 1 1.76 (1.22 – 2.55) 1.72 (1.12 – 2.65) 2.13 (1.37 – 3.30)
Injection drug use*
 None 1 4.40 (1.50 – 12.93) 1.61 (0.31 – 8.48) 6.45 (1.97 – 21.13)
 < daily 1 2.36 (1.40 – 3.96) 1.64 (0.84 – 3.21) 2.41 (1.34 – 4.32)
 ≥ daily 1 1.57 (1.08 – 2.29) 2.03 (1.35 – 3.03) 2.18 (1.43 – 3.33)
†

reference group for all three comparisons is no bodily pain

*

refer to behaviors in the prior six months