TABLE 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Cocaine-Dependent and Comparison Women and Men in a Study of Stress- and Cue-Induced Craving
| Characteristic | Cocaine-Dependent Group | Comparison Group | Analysis Statistic |
df | p | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female (N=16) | Male (N=14) | Female (N=18) | Male (N=18) | ||||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | χ2 | |||
| Caucasian | 7 | 43.7 | 7 | 50.0 | 8 | 44.4 | 11 | 61.1 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.73 |
| Current tobacco smoker | 13 | 81.2 | 11 | 78.6 | 2 | 11.1 | 3 | 16.7 | 29.2 | 3 | <0.0001 |
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | F | |||
| Age (years) | 36.9 | 6.4 | 35.9 | 5.2 | 31.2 | 8.8 | 33.4 | 9.8 | 1.75 | 3 | 0.17 |
| Education (years) | 12.6 | 1.1 | 12.1 | 1.8 | 15.1 | 2.1 | 14.7 | 2.2 | 10.28 | 3 | <0.0001 |
| Cocaine use (days/past 30 days) | 20.2 | 9.1 | 18.1 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25a | 1 | 0.14 |
| Alcohol use (days/past 30 days) | 12.1 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 5.87 | 3 | 0.002 |
| Years of cocaine use | 8.4 | 6.7 | 11.3 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.38a | 1 | 0.25 |
| Years of alcohol use | 11.9 | 6.3 | 15.75 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 14.0 | 10 | 6.36 | 3 | 0.0009 |
| Days in hospital prior to fMRI (days) | 23.3 | 5.7 | 22.3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.38a | 0.32 | 0.58 |
a
For cocaine-dependent sample only.