The association between abused adults and substance abuse in Taiwan, 2000–2015

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Table 2 Comparison of the risk of substance abuse between victims of violence and non-abused patients (Adults, Overall)

Poor prognosis	Abused patients (n = 8,726)	Non-abused patients (n = 34,904)	HR (95% CI)	p-value
Poor prognosis	incidence (1/10⁴)	incidence (1/10⁴)
Tobacco use disorder	78.3	44.5	1.75 (1.57–1.94)	< 0.0001**
Alcoholism	61.9	11.5	5.62 (4.82–6.55)	< 0.0001**
Alcohol abuse	51.5	7.7	6.86 (5.74–8.22)	< 0.0001**
Drug dependence	25.0	3.6	7.15 (5.51–9.28)	< 0.0001**
Drug abuse	16.8	2.3	7.47 (5.43–10.27)	< 0.0001**

Note: For stratified Cox regression analysis, corrected CCI, insurance amount, insurance status, gender, age, and CCI before pairing have been corrected at the time of pairing. The reference group comprised the non-abused patients. *: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01

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