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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Oct 29;122(3):228–235. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.10.002

Table 2. Substance Use Characteristics Amongst SUD Patients.

SD: Standard Deviation; %: Percent of group; N: number of subjects; n/a: not applicable. “Days of use in 28 days prior to treatment” and “Years of lifetime substance use” measures are only presented for patients who reported any recent or lifetime use of the substance indicated, respectively. Heroin use was assessed separately from other opioids in all cases except for “Current substance use disorders” where the heroin category refers to a broader class of opioids.

Substance Use Characteristics Cocaine Alcohol Marijuana Heroin Primary Drug
Primary drug of use/abuse: %, N 75.0, 9 16.7, 2 8.3, 1 0.0, 0 n/a
Current Substance Use Disorders: %, N 75.0, 9 25.0, 3 16.7, 2 16.7, 2 100.0, 12
Days used in 28 days prior to treatment: Mean (SD), N 10.8 (10.9), 9 8.9 (9,1), 7 19.3 (15.0), 3 1.7 (1.2), 3 11.7 (10.8), 12
Years of Lifetime Substance Use: Mean (SD), N 12.8 (7.7), 10 12.9 (9.8), 12 9.5 (6.5), 11 12.2 (11.7), 6 14.2 (7.2), 12