Title: Recommendations

Context:
The added risk that younger patients using opioids face for OUD and overdose is great. Edlund et al. (2014)  found that, compared to patients ≥65 years old, patients 18-30 years old carried 11 times the odds of OUD  and overdose. Patients 31-40 years old carried 5 times the odds of OUD and overdose compared to those  ≥65 years old.[86] Bohnert et al. (2011) found that, compared to subjects 18-29 years old, patients 30-39  years old had roughly half the risk of developing OUD or overdose (HR: 0.56, 95% CI: 0.27-1.17). Compared  to the subjects 18-29 years old, patients ≥70 years old had a far less risk (nearly 1/17) of developing OUD  or overdose (HR: 0.06, 95% CI: 0.02, 0.18).[59]

Question: Compared to patients ≥65 years old, patients 31-40 years old carried how many times the odds of OUD  and overdose?

Answer: 5