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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 6.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2009;35(1):48–53. doi: 10.1080/00952990802455444

Table 1.

Participant characteristics compared across treatment modality

Variable Full sample (N=800) Outpatient psychosociala (n=414) Methadone maintenanceb (n=386) Prevalence Ratio
Number of stimulant-negative urine resultsc 9.15 (0.30) 11.11 (0.42) 7.05 (0.40) t(797.69) = 6.95
p < .001

Demographic characteristics
Age 40 years or more 45 31 60 0.52 (0.44, 0.61)
Female 50 55 44 1.26 (1.09, 1.45)
Caucasian 31 36 26 1.36 (1.10, 1.68)

Social characteristics
Married/cohabiting 19 24 14 1.72 (1.27, 2.34)
Lives with a drug user 23 21 25 0.83 (0.64, 1.07)
Currently employed 34 35 32 1.09 (0.89, 1.32)
Usually employed 58 65 50 1.32 (1.17, 1.49)

Legal problem severity
Recent incarceration 8 12 4 2.69 (1.58, 4.58)
Current probation or parole 26 35 16 2.23 (1.71, 2.91)

Psychiatric severity
High psychiatric distress 19 18 19 0.98 (0.74, 1.32)
Prior psychiatric treatment 51 49 53 0.92 (0.81, 1.06)

Drug use severity
Recent inpatient drug treatment 13 24 1 23.31 (8.66, 62.71)
Drug positive at study intake
  Cocaine 43 17 71 0.24 (0.19, 0.30)
  Methamphetamine 8 9 7 1.38 (0.85, 2.25)
  Cannabis 12 11 12 0.87 (0.60, 1.28)
  Alcohol 1 1 1 0.70 (0.16, 3.11)
  Opiate 24 3 47 0.07 (0.04, 0.12)
Substance use disorder
  Cocaine 69 60 79 0.76 (0.69, 0.84)
  Methamphetamine 18 27 8 3.63 (2.48, 5.33)
  Cannabis 15 21 8 2.50 (1.70, 3.68)
  Alcohol 30 42 17 2.51 (1.96, 3.22)

Note. Results are presented as percent of column sample, and comparisons are given as prevalence ratios with 95% confidence intervals, except where noted. The reference category is methadone maintenance treatment modality.

a

Outpatient psychosocial sample is missing 0–1 participants per variable.

b

Methadone maintenance sample is missing 0–14 participants per variable.

c

Mean (SEM); t-test comparison.