Table 1 Demographic data of the study patients.
Patients treated with methadone | Patients treated with buprenorphine | p Value | |
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n | 407 | 43 | –– |
Sex (F:M) | 107:300 | 9:34 | 0.4569 |
Mean (SD) age (years) | 41.3 (8.3) | 38.0 (7.6) | 0.0145 |
Treatment period (years) (median (10th and 90th percentile)) | 7 (0.5;20) | 1 (0.02;4) | <0.0001 |
Methadone dose (mg) (median (10th and 90th percentile)) | 100 (50;235) | –– | –– |
Buprenorphine dose (mg) (mean (10th and 90th percentile)) | –– | 5.4 (0.6;12) | –– |
Patients with cocaine use past week | 76 (18.7%) | 5 (10.6%) | 0.2528 |
Patients with illicit opioid use past week | 121 (29.7%) | 16 (34.0%) | 0.3108 |
Patients with cannabis use past week | 243 (59.7%) | 19 (40.4 %) | 0.0497 |
Patients with illicit benzodiazepine use | 88 (21.6%) | 5 (10.7%) | 0.1238 |