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. 2014 Jan 8;39(6):1379–1387. doi: 10.1038/npp.2013.333

Table 1. Subject Characteristics by Group.

Characteristic Abstinent
Relapsed
  N % N %
Participants 45   18  
Female 11 23 4 21
White 24 51 12 63
Black 5 11 3 16
Hispanic 17 35 4 21
Asian 1 2 2 11
Alcohol dependencea 18 37 10 53
Marijuana dependencea 8 17 5 26
Cocaine dependencea 13 27 7 37
Cocaine dependenceb 5 10 4 21
Alcohol dependenceb 8 17 6 32
Marijuana dependenceb,c 2 4 4 21
  Mean SD Mean SD
Age (years) 38.8 11.1 37.4 9.2
Education (years) 12.8 1.7 13.3 1.5
Verbal IQd 108.0 10.2 109.7 7.3
Alcohol (drinks/week)e 11.0 17.6 14.4 33.0
Nicotine (cigarettes/day)e 11.8 9.3 8.7 9.2
Methamphetamine estimated lifetime uses 14 624.5 32 414.1 8841.6 12 353.1
Methamphetamine age onset 24.1 9.4 24.9 9.1
Methamphetamine recent use (days) 35.6 33.2 31.5 16.7
Cocainef,g 2551.4 6116.9 3942.9 7250.8
Marijuanaf 10 882.5 30 375.4 4743.5 8851.2
a

Met criteria for lifetime comorbid dependence with methamphetamine dependence.

b

Met criteria for current comorbid dependence with methamphetamine dependence.

c

p<0.05 based on chi-squared analysis.

d

Assessed by the North American Adult Reading Test (NAART; Uttl, 2002)

e

Recent patterns of use.

f

Number of uses across the lifespan.

g

p<0.1 based on t-test of natural log-transformed number of uses.