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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Addict. 2012 Sep 21;21(6):524–530. doi: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2012.00271.x

Table 1.

Characteristics of Participants Stratified by PTSD Diagnosis

Sample (n=89) PTSD (n=24) Non PTSD (n=65) P Value
Age, mean (SD)c 43.6 (8.4) 41.6 (7.3) 44.4 (8.7) .17
Femalea 33.7% 58.3% 24.6% <.01
Whiteb 29.2% 33.3% 26.6% .60
Black 69.7 66.7% 72.3%
Native American, Pacific Islander 1.1% 0% 1.1%
Hispanicb 3.3% 4.3% 3.2% 1.00
Marriedb 18.8% 13.6% 20.6% .55
High School & Abovea 65.5% 45.5% 72.6% .02
Employedb 22.3% 18.2% 23.8% .77
Income Sourceb .63
    Self 27.4% 33.3% 25.0%
    Public Assistance 20.7% 23.8% 19.6%
    Other 51.9% 42.9% 55.4%
Family Incomeb .67
    <1,000 60.0% 59.1% 60.3%
    1,000-4,999 18.5% 22.7% 17.2%
    >5,000 21.5% 18.2% 22.4%
Methadone dosec 88.4(20.8) 89.0 (23.4) 88.1(19.9) .87
Positive Toxicity screeninga 50.6% 62.5% 46.5% .19
    Testing Positive for >1 substancea 19.3% 16.7% 20.3% .75
QIDS 10.5±6.2 15.9 ± 4.6 8.3 ± 5.5 <.001
QIDS >11 43.8% 92% 26% <.001

Tests comparing PTSD vs. Non PTSD:

a

Chi squared test

b

Fisher exact

c

t Test