Table 1.
Background variables by site of injection/noninjection drug use
| Injection drug use group |
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| No injection drugs |
Arms only |
Legs ± arms |
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| Variables | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD |
| Age (M)a | 45.73 | 9.55 | 44.46 | 9.53 | 47.50 | 8.33 |
| Gender (%Male) | 42.6 | 49.6 | 47.2 | 50.1 | 49.4 | 50.1 |
| Ethnicity (% Black) | 65.1 | 47.8 | 55.1 | 49.9 | 63.2 | 48.3 |
| Married (%) | 28.2 | 45.1 | 20.2 | 40.3 | 25.0 | 43.4 |
| HS graduate (%) | 66.2 | 47.4 | 64.0 | 48.1 | 63.8 | 48.1 |
| Working (%)b | 31.8 | 46.7 | 36.7 | 48.3 | 25.4 | 43.6% |
| BMI (M) | 28.15 | 6.72 | 28.45 | 7.48 | 28.28 | 6.67 |
| No. comorbidities (M)a | 2.25 | 1.81 | 2.40 | 1.81 | 3.21 | 2.31 |
a
One way analysis of variance found significant differences among groups for the age, and number of comorbidities (p < 0.05).
b
Chi-square tests of association were significant for percent working (p < 0.05).