From: Degenerative brain changes associated with tramadol use: an optical coherence tomography study
 | Patients with tramadol use disorder N: 25 | Control subjects N: 25 | P value | |
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Age | 26.20 ± 4.45 | 30.12 ± 8.16 | 0.124 | |
Gender | Males | 24/96% | 21/84% | 0.349 |
Females | 1/4% | 4/16% | ||
Tramadol average dose (mg/day) | 2748.00 ± 4346.00 | X | X | |
Duration of tramadol use (years) | 7.08 ± 3.53 | X | X | |
Age at 1st tramadol use (years) | 18.44 ± 3.25 | X | X | |
Addiction severity index | Medical | 1.92 ± 1.93 | X | X |
Employment | 7.08 ± 0.99 | X | X | |
Drug use | 7.40 ± 0.50 | X | X | |
Legal | 5.16 ± 2.61 | X | X | |
Family history | 0.72 ± 0.46 | X | X | |
Family status | 6.64 ± 1.11 | X | X | |
Psychiatric problems | 2.52 ± 2.06 | X | X | |
Optical coherence tomography | Rt RNFL average µm | 110.82 ± 10.80 | 121.96 ± 4.38 |  < 0.001 |
Rt RNFL superior µm | 110.48 ± 10.98 | 112.20 ± 11.23 | 0.594 | |
Rt RNFL inferior µm | 110.48 ± 12.65 | 117.23 ± 23.68 | 0.554 | |
Rt GCC average µm | 99.87 ± 6.23 | 98.37 ± 8.042 | 0.244 | |
Lt RNFL average µm | 107.80 ± 14.37 | 121.35 ± 4.06 |  < 0.001 | |
Lt RNFL superior µm | 107.98 ± 15.48 | 119.53 ± 26.03 | 0.045 | |
Lt RNFL inferior µm | 107.00 ± 16.42 | 120.23 ± 25.37 | 0.013 | |
Lt GCC average µm | 95.51 ± 10.73 | 101.72 ± 8.87 | 0.043 |