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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 22.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 Dec 19;101(1-2):92–100. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.11.006

Table 2.

Effects of methadone dose and contingency group

Means and SD for Six Groups Statistical Analysis Results
70 mg groups
100 mg groups
contrasts, 70 mg groups
contrasts, 100 mg groups
NC Coc Split NC Coc Split NC vs C C vs S NC vs S NC vs C C vs S NC vs S
Quantitative benzoylecgonine
Mean BZE ng/mL 55,842 44,183 42,981 66,313 42,397 56,717 p = .02 n.s. n.s. p<.003 n.s. p<.04
SD 47,258 46,550 47,316 45,735 47,264 46,786

Longest duration of simultaneous abstinence
Mean weeks 0.91 1.26 2.00 0.71 2.17 2.71 n.s. n.s. n.s. p<.04 n.s. p<.02
SD 2.33 1.93 3.36 1.25 3.59 4.21

Self-reported cocaine use
Mean uses/day 0.39 0.20 0.32 0.40 0.25 0.29 p=.003 p=.033 n.s. p=.012 n.s. p<.009
SD 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.28 0.29

Quality of life - SAS-SR
Mean score, family 1.79 1.51 1.39 1.54 1.54 1.34 p=.082 n.s. p=.014 n.s. n.s. n.s.
SD 0.68 0.67 0.69 0.69 0.70 0.71
Mean score, financial 2.39 1.99 2.18 2.22 1.89 1.09 p=.09 n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s.
SD 1.04 1.03 1.02 1.05 1.09 1.01

NC - noncontingent; C - cocaine contingency; S - split contingency; BZE - benzoylecgonine; n.s. - not significant, p > .10.