Table 1. Descriptives for Study Variables.
| Study Variables | Total Sample (n=309) |
Men (n=130) |
Women (n=179) |
p* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | |||||||
| Current Age (M, SD) | 44.32 | 7.28 | 44.55 | 7.30 | 44.15 | 7.29 | .638 |
| Education (M, SD) | 14.20 | 1.76 | 14.02 | 1.87 | 14.35 | 1.76 | .113 |
| Number of ER visits (M, SD) | 4.09 | 7. 23 | 5.30 | 8.34 | 3.21 | 6.18 | .001 |
| Poor Perceived Health (n, %) | 27 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 8 | .503 |
| Cardiovascular Disease (n, %) | 83 | 27 | 45 | 35 | 38 | 21 | .009 |
| High Blood Pressure (n) | 76 | 42 | 34 | .007 | |||
| Stroke (n) | 7 | 4 | 3 | .414 | |||
| Heart Disease (n) | 12 | 9 | 3 | .018 | |||
| Metabolic Disease (n, %) | 72 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 49 | 27 | .047 |
| Liver Disease (n) | 12 | 6 | 6 | .570 | |||
| Thyroid Disease (n) | 33 | 8 | 25 | .028 | |||
| Diabetes (n) | 21 | 7 | 14 | .401 | |||
| Cancer (n) | 22 | 7 | 15 | .312 | |||
| Substance Diagnoses | |||||||
| Alcohol (n, %) | 146 | 47 | 74 | 57 | 72 | 40 | .004 |
| Tobacco (n, %) | 74 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 46 | 26 | .398 |
| Marijuana (n, %) | 44 | 17 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 11 | .032 |
| Other Non-Marijuana Drugs (n, %) | 38 | 12 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 7 | .001 |
| Length of Substance Use (years) | |||||||
| Alcohol (n, %)a | 233 | 24.69 (7.41) | 100 | 25.65 (8.24) | 133 | 23.96 (6.65) | .085 |
| Tobacco (n, %) | 264 | 17.63 (13.52) | 106 | 19.82 (14.25) | 158 | 16.16 (12.84) | .031 |
| Marijuana (n, M(SD)) | 198 | 10.95 (10.36) | 89 | 13.24 (10.90) | 109 | 9.09 (9.55) | .005 |
| Other Non-MJ Drugs (years) (n, M(SD)) | 117 | 10.03 (8.80) | 58 | 12.05 (8.50) | 59 | 8.05 (8.71) | .013 |
| Abstinence from Substance Use (years) | |||||||
| Alcohol (n, %) | 300 | 1.78 (5.55) | 125 | 1.92 (5.93) | 175 | 1.67 (5.27) | .706 |
| Tobacco (n, %) | 264 | 12.65 (13.15) | 106 | 11.84 (13.42) | 158 | 13.20 (12.97) | .412 |
| Marijuana (n, M(SD)) | 202 | 15.78 (10.38) | 93 | 14.44 (10.64) | 109 | 16.93 (10.06) | .090 |
| Other Non-MJ Drugs (years) (n, M(SD)) | 128 | 16.83 (8.39) | 65 | 15.22 (8.60) | 63 | 18.49 (7.91) | .027 |
*
p-value corresponds to sex differences.
a
Onset age of alcohol use was age first drank regularly (at least once a month). Twenty-eight subjects reported never drinking regularly. Differences in numbers reflect missing age of onset data.
MJ = marijuana.