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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Biol. 2012 Mar 28;19(2):250–261. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00450.x

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Control and Cocaine-Addicted Subjects

Characteristic Control (n = 22) Cocaine-Addicted early-onset (n=10) Cocaine-Addicted late-onset (n=10) F value p-value
mean/n sd/% mean/n sd/% mean/n sd/%
Age in yrs, mean (SD)a 34.4 6.8 34.9 7.4 38.9 5.5 1.62 0.21
Education in yrs, mean (SD) 15 2.7 11.9d 1.9 12.1d 2.4 7.1 0.002
Male, No. (%)b 12 54.6 5 50 6 60 0.2 0.90
Race, n (%)b 3.77 0.44
 Black 11 50 6 60% 8 80%
 White (non-Hispanic) 9 40.9 4 40 2 20
 Hispanic 2 9.1 0 0 0 0
Cigarette Use, mean (SD)a
 Cigarettes/day 0.3 0.8 13.5d 7.7 9.5d 8.0 22.0 <0.001
 Pack years 3.1 4.5 14.7d 8.9 14.1d 11 3.53 0.05
Cocaine Use, mean (SD)a
 Age of onset of cocaine use --- --- 16.4 2.4 27.4 6.0 21.9 <0.001
 Days used in previous 90 days --- --- 69.1 28.7 74.4 24.3 0.66 0.43
 Yrs used in lifetime --- --- 11.4 6.7 8 6.7 1.28 0.27
 Lifetime dollars spent on cocaine --- --- 206330 141578 219836 337509 0.01 0.91
InDUCa 2.3 3.1 36.5 5.5 36 6 122.6 <0.001
Days abstinent at testinga --- --- 29.3 8.6 25.6 7.2 1.09 0.31
Personality Measuresa
 Impulsiveness N5 (NEO-PI-R) 48.1 10.6 58.4c 6.63 51.1 5.7 4.28 0.022
 Self-discipline C5 (NEO-PI-R) 51.4 13.0 40.9 16.2 41.7 8.5 2.75 0.078
 Deliberation C6 (NEO-PI-R) 54.5 12.3 41.0c 8.8 45.5 9.8 5.13 0.011
 Impulsiveness NS2 (TCI) 3.2 2.1 5.6c 3.3 4.7 0.49 3.39 0.045
 Fear of Uncertainty HA2 (TCI) 2.9 1.7 3.2 1.8 4.3 1.6 2.25 0.120
 Purposefulness S2 (TCI) 6.8 1.4 5.5 2.0 6.3 1.3 2.39 0.106
 Congruent Second Nature S5 (TCI) 10.4 1.8 7.6d 2.5 7.0d 1.6 12.49 <0.001
a

values obtained by ANOVA

b

values obtained by Chi-square test

c

p<0.05 (control vs. early- or late-onset)

d

p<0.01 (control vs. early- or late-onset)