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. 2010 May 19;35(9):1921–1931. doi: 10.1038/npp.2010.64

Table 2. Baseline Characteristics of the Family and Case–Control Samples.

Variable African-American
European-American
  Family (N=2116) CC (N=1912) Family (N=1705) CC (N=1476)
Mean age (SD) 40.7 (7.5) 40.7 (9.9) 38.0 (11.2) 38.2 (10.8)
Male (%) 52 54 53 57
OD/control (N) 311/721 349/1519 480/306 624/807
CD/control (N) 874/147 1273/587 595/176 790/615
ND/control (N) 644/401 1014/879 584/229 834/622
AD/control (N) 462/375 1061/611 394/217 740/463
Two SD diagnoses (N) 355 439 194 310
Three SD diagnoses (N) 311 431 267 275
Four SD diagnoses (N) 110 117 167 69

Abbreviations: AD, alcohol dependence; CC, case control; CD, cocaine dependence; ND, nicotine dependence; OD, opioid dependence; SD, substance dependence

Overall numbers reflect the number of family members recruited to the study; case and control numbers reflect the number of participants with non-missing genotype and phenotype data.