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Table 1 Sample characteristics (%, n) overall and by daily opioid use and by morphine milligram equivalent dose (MME)

From: Characteristics of patients with non-cancer pain and long-term prescription opioid use who have used medical versus recreational marijuana

 

Overall

Daily Opioid

MME >= 50

(n=1,037)

Yes (n=686)

No (n=327)

p-value

Yes (n=159)

No (n=759)

p-value

Marijuana Use

       

 No Marijuana

44.4% (461)

41.5% (285)

51.2% (167)

0.0330

47.1% (75)

44.3% (336)

0.6553

 Recreational Only

21.3% (221)

22.6% (155)

17.7% (58)

 

21.1% (34)

20.4% (155)

 

 Medical only

7.7% (80)

8.0% (55)

7.1% (23)

 

5.7% (9)

8.6% (65)

 

 Both

26.6% (276)

27.9% (191)

24.1% (79)

 

26.1% (42)

26.7% (203)

 

Age (mean, SD)

54.9 (11.3)

54.4 (11.3)

55.9 (11.3)

0.0489

54.2 (10.8)

55.1 (11.3)

0.3625

Gender

       

 Man

42.7% (442)

44.6% (305)

38.3% (125)

0.0565

50.8% (81)

41.2% (312)

0.0258

 Woman

57.3% (594)

55.4% (379)

61.7% (201)

 

49.2% (78)

58.8% (446)

 

Race

       

 White

75.2% (758)

77.4% (516)

70.0% (222)

0.0225

80.4% (126)

74.9% (551)

0.1718

 Black

22.5% (227)

20.1% (134)

27.9% (89)

 

16.2% (25)

22.8% (168)

 

 Other

2.3% (23)

2.5% (17)

2.1% (7)

 

3.3% (5)

2.4% (18)

 

Marital Status

       

 Married/live with partner

53.0% (543)

52.8% (357)

54.3% (176)

0.6961

53.8% (84)

53.6% (403)

0.9880

 Widow/Div/Sep

30.1% (309)

30.9% (209)

28.4% (92)

 

29.3% (46)

29.9% (224)

0.9880

 Never married

16.9% (174)

16.3% (110)

17.4% (56)

 

16.9% (26)

16.5% (124)

0.9880

High pain severity

28.7% (298)

31.4% (216)

24.5% (80)

0.0230

29% (46)

29.1% (220)

0.9812

High pain interference

33.0% (342)

37.2% (255)

24.5% (80)

<.0001

43.2% (69)

31.3% (237)

0.0038

# Pain Sites (mean, SD)

5.9 (3.7)

6.2 (3.7)

5.5 (3.5)

0.0029

5.8 (3.8)

6.0 (3.6)

0.5320

Lifetime Depression

31.7% (329)

33.9% (233)

27% (88)

0.0259

32.9% (52)

31.9% (242)

0.7934

Anxietya

19.4% (201)

20.5% (140)

17.6% (57)

0.2763

25.8% (41)

17.5% (132)

0.0150

PTSDb

15.7% (159)

16.5% (111)

14.2% (45)

0.3676

16% (25)

15.2% (112)

0.7968

Anhedonia

28.8% (294)

29% (195)

29.1% (93)

0.9590

27.5% (43)

29.5% (219)

0.6106

COMMc

30.7% (314)

32.7% (222)

28.6% (91)

0.1966

35.5% (56)

30.7% (229)

0.2406

PODSd

17.0% (174)

21.6% (146)

8.6% (28)

<.0001

33.4% (53)

14.8% (111)

<.0001

Vital Exhaustion

18.0% (185)

18.9% (129)

16.9% (55)

0.4435

21.7% (34)

17.2% (130)

0.1753

High Emotional Supporte

53.6% (551)

52.6% (358)

54.6% (176)

0.5389

45.8% (73)

54.8% (412)

0.0384

High Social Role Functioningf

12.0% (122)

10.1% (68)

15% (48)

0.0231

10.4% (16)

12.2% (91)

0.5401

Any SUDg

12.6% (131)

16.1% (110)

5.5% (18)

<.0001

17.0% (27)

12.5% (95)

0.1263

Current Smoker

26.6% (275)

30.7% (209)

18.4% (60)

<.0001

28.1% (45)

26.3% (198)

0.6335

  1. aAnxiety – Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  2. bPTSD – Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  3. cCOMM – Current Opioid Misuse Measure
  4. dPODS - Prescribed Opioid Difficulties Scale
  5. eHigh Emotional Support – PROMIS ES
  6. fHigh Social Role Functioning – PROMIS SR
  7. gSUD – Substance Use Disorder
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