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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Addict. 2010 Jan-Feb;19(1):53–58. doi: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2009.00003.x

Table 1.

Baseline Patient Characteristics (Overall and by Baseline Cocaine Status)

Characteristic All patients (n = 162) Cocaine Negative at Baseline (n = 107) Cocaine Positive at Baseline (n = 55) p

Age, mean (SD) 36.0 (9.3) 36.2 (9.7) 35.6 (8.6) .72

% Male, (n) 78% (126) 79% (85) 74% (41) .49

Race/Ethnicity
 % White 76% (124) 81% (87) 67% (37)
 % Black 14% (22) 8% (9) 24% (13)
 % Hispanic 9% (14) 9% (10) 7% (4) .046

% High school education or greater 82% (131) 80% (85) 85% (46) .44

Monthly income, mean (SD) $1379 (1490) $1400 (1531) $1338 (1418) .80

% Full-time employed 48% (77) 48% (51) 48% (26) .99

Years of opioid use, mean (SD) 8.l (8.0) 8.5 (8.7) 7.3 (6.7) .39

Opioid Use Type
 % Primarily heroin 78% (126) 74% (79) 86% (47)
 % Primarily prescription opioid 22% (36) 26% (28) 14% (8) .09

% Injection drug use at entry 31% (49) 35% (36) 24% (13) .17

% Prior methadone maintenance 34% (54) 38% (39) 26% (14) .12

Days opioid use prior to treatment, mean (SD) 28.3 (4.7) 28.2 (4.7) 28.4 (4.7) .81

Days cocaine use prior to treatment, mean (SD) 1.6 (3.6) 3.3 (3.9) 0.8 (3.1) <.001

% positive for benzodiazepines during induction 14% (23) 9% (10) 24% (13) .01