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. 2010 Jan 28;10:11. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-10-11

Table 4.

Key characteristics of participants without legal system involvement, participants who were only victims of crime, and perpetrators who were not victims of crime.

Variable A
Patients without any legal involvement
N = 331
B
Patients who were only victims of crime
N = 113
C
Perpetrator who were not victims of crime
N = 91
P-value
Unadjusted, overall group comparison
(A vs B vs C)
P-value
Adjusted for covariates, overall group comparison
(A vs B vs C)
P-value
Adjusted for covariates, Victims VS Perpetrators
(B vs C)
Age, mean (SD) 44.5 (12.1) 44.3 (11.1) 40.0 (12.0) 0.005 0.024 0.066

Male gender, n (%) 200 (60%) 57 (50%) 63 (69%) 0.023 0.046 0.016

Ethnicity -- Caucasian, n (%) 185 (56%) 69 (61%) 45 (49%) 0.566 0.646 0.333

 -African-American, n (%) 109 (33%) 33 (29%) 36 (36%)

 -Other ethnic group, n (%) 37 (11%) 11 (10%) 13 (14%)

Uninsured, n (%) 48 (15%) 13 (12%) 25 (28%) 0.006 0.132 0.074

PANSS total, mean (SD) 86.9 (21.2) 86.9 (18.2) 84.8 (19.0) 0.659 0.648 0.482

SF36 MCS, mean (SD) -0.85 (1.31) -1.23 (1.33) -1.10 (1.32) 0.018 0.025 0.275

SF36 PCS, mean (SD) -0.40 (1.02) -0.55 (1.14) -0.39 (1.00) 0.372 0.366 0.990

Past year psych hospitalization None, n (%) 245 (75%) 79 (73%) 53 (60%) 0.016 0.167 0.714

ER past 3 months, n (%) 76 (24%) 32 (29%) 30 (33%) 0.146 0.257 0.454

Lifetime diagnosis of substance use disorder, n (%) 117 (35%) 51 (45%) 45 (49%) 0.024 0.032 0.837

Use of alcohol to intoxication, n (%) 19 (6%) 7 (6%) 9 (10%) 0.362 0.547 0.547

Any use of cannabis, n (%) 19 (6%) 15 (13%) 20 (22%) < 0.001 < 0.001 0.466

Any use of cocaine, n (%) 6 (2%) 4 (4%) 8 (9%) 0.005 0.018 0.242

MPR ≥ 80%, n (%) 146 (50%) 47 (46%) 28 (34%) 0.042 0.195 0.513

MPR, mean (SD) 0.60 (0.42) 0.53 (0.44) 0.42 (0.44) 0.004 0.023 0.520

Discontinued study, n (%) 72 (22%) 30 (27%) 28 (31%) 0.170 0.294 0.820

Mean days to study discontinuation, mean (SD) 325.3 (84.2) 310.1 (96.0) 312.1 (99.7) 0.200 0.207 0.587