Table 3: Percentage of chronic medical condition by substance abuse* and by legal status of study population with test of significance.
| Medical condition | No | Never Used | Substances Used | ||||
| Yes | Refugees (n = 137) | Immigrants (n = 77) | P* | Refugees (n = 68) | Immigrants (n = 68) | P* | |
| Recurrent headaches | No | 62.8 | 90.9 | 0.001 | 70.6 | 97.1 | 0.001 |
| Yes | 37.2 | 9.1 | 0.001 | 29.4 | 2.9 | 0.001 | |
| Sleep apnea or Narcolepsy | No | 46 | 68.8 | 0.001 | 47.1 | 61.8 | n.s |
| Yes | 54 | 31.2 | 0.001 | 52.9 | 38.2 | ||
| Arthritis or Rheumatism | No | 73.7 | 85.7 | 0.01 | 80.9 | 85.3 | |
| Yes | 26.3 | 14.3 | 19.1 | 14.7 | |||
| Lumbago (back disorder) | No | 46 | 58.4 | 0.05 | 60.3 | 58.8 | n.s |
| Yes | 54 | 41.6 | 39.7 | 41.2 | |||
| Muscles or Tendons disorders | No | 54 | 76.6 | 0.001 | 64.7 | 79.4 | 0.05 |
| Yes | 46 | 23.4 | 0.001 | 35.3 | 20.6 | ||
| Depression status | No | 18.2 | 46.8 | 0.001 | 31 | 52 | 0.001 |
| Minor | 13.1 | 27.3 | 0.001 | 10 | 31 | 0.001 | |
| Major | 68.6 | 26.0 | 0.001 | 59 | 18 | 0.001 | |
*Substance abuse includes: Alcohol and Elicit drugs (Street drugs, Sedative drugs and Stimulants drugs); *P n.s = Not Significant.