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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 22.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2010 Apr 5;34(6):1090–1097. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01185.x

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Naltrexone Patients and Controls (Post Matching)

Naltrexone Group (N = 1,138) Alcohol Controls (N = 3,411) P-value1 Non-Alcohol Controls (N = 3,410) P-value2
Gender (%)
 Male 61.6% 62% 0.9965 62% 0.9936
 Female 38.4% 38% 0.9955 38% 0.9919
Mean Age (SD) 44.9 (10.6) 44.6 (11.5) 0.4000 44.8 (11.0) 0.6804
Geographic Region (%)
 Northeast 24.3% 24.3% 0.9982 24.2% 0.9799
 North Central 36.4% 36.4% 0.9941 36.4% 0.9921
 South 26.8% 25.7% 0.9921 25.8% 0.9934
 West 13.6% 13.6% 0.9964 13.6% 0.9952
Relationship to Primary Insured (%)
 Self (Insured Employee) 60.2% 64.4% 0.4629 65.0% 0.4016
 Spouse 33.7% 26.6% 0.0716 29.7% 0.3247
 Child/Other 6.2% 9.1% 0.1382 5.4% 0.6488
Insurance Plan Type (%)
 Capitated 27.8% 30.7% 0.4463 28.7% 0.7991
 Non-Capitated 71.9% 69.2% 0.6551 71.1% 0.8919
 Missing/Unknown 0.4% 0.1% 0.4335 0.2% 0.6995
Index Year (%)
 2000 12.6% 12.7% 0.9965 12.7% 0.9954
 2001 26.5% 26.4% 0.9987 26.4% 0.9813
 2002 30.0% 30.0% 0.9946 30.0% 0.9929
 2003 25.0% 25.0% 0.9951 25.0% 0.9935
 2004 6.0% 5.9% 0.9757 6.0% 0.9968
Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) Mean (SD)
 Pre-Index Period 0.54 (1.01) 0.44 (1.10) 0.0026 0.21 (0.72) < 0.0001
 Post-Index Period 0.58 (1.20) 0.76 (1.47) < 0.0001 0.23 (0.80) < 0.0001
Chronic Disease Score (CDS) Mean (SD)
 Pre-Index Period 1.44 (1.89) 0.98 (1.72) < 0.0001 0.58 (1.33) < 0.0001
 Post-Index Period 0.91 (1.67) 0.97 (1.74) 0.2582 0.51 (1.25) < 0.0001
1

Comparison of Naltrexone Group and Alcohol Controls

2

Comparison of Naltrexone Group and Non-Alcohol Controls