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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Apr 8;140:69–77. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.03.029

Table 5.

Selected results of Multi-state markov analysis: Transitions towards drug use cessation

Primary Heroin Primary MA Primary Cocaine
HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI
Crime, past 30 days
Treatment - Abstinence 0.83 0.66 1.04 1.17 0.93 1.47 1.19 0.96 1.47
Non-daily - Treatment 0.57 0.34 0.93 0.87 0.53 1.44 0.62 0.35 1.10
Non-daily - Abstinence 0.59 0.28 1.23 0.67 0.47 0.95 0.80 0.57 1.12
Daily - Treatment 1.15 0.96 1.36 0.84 0.61 1.15 0.93 0.66 1.32
Daily - Abstinence 1.03 0.64 1.66 0.81 0.55 1.18 1.13 0.73 1.73
Daily - Non-daily 1.74 1.02 2.95 1.54 0.84 2.81 1.43 0.81 2.51
Cumulative Crime (>35% offollow-up)
Treatment - Abstinence 0.92 0.74 1.14 0.83 0.67 1.03 0.78 0.62 0.98
Non-daily - Treatment 1.33 1.08 1.63 1.86 1.28 2.69 1.54 1.12 2.11
Non-daily - Abstinence 1.02 0.72 1.45 1.54 1.20 1.96 0.82 0.63 1.06
Daily - Treatment 1.03 0.92 1.16 1.37 1.06 1.77 1.62 1.26 2.08
Daily - Abstinence 0.81 0.59 1.11 1.15 0.85 1.55 0.88 0.61 1.27
Daily - Non-daily 0.81 0.54 1.22 1.02 0.59 1.79 0.69 0.40 1.19
Cumulative Incarceration (>25% offollow-up)
Treatment - Abstinence 1.01 0.82 1.25 1.14 0.86 1.51 0.72 0.47 1.10
Non-daily - Treatment 1.03 0.83 1.26 1.72 1.01 2.93 0.49 0.25 0.97
Non-daily - Abstinence 0.58 0.39 0.86 1.12 0.74 1.69 0.36 0.22 0.61
Daily - Treatment 0.90 0.80 1.01 1.12 0.77 1.63 0.60 0.38 0.96
Daily - Abstinence 0.81 0.60 1.11 1.06 0.65 1.71 0.66 0.37 1.16
Daily - Non-daily 0.64 0.41 0.99 0.12 0.02 1.04 0.61 0.27 1.41
Cumulative Polydrug Use (>40% offollow-up)
Treatment - Abstinence 1.81 1.29 2.55 1.35 1.10 1.65 0.77 0.58 1.02
Non-daily - Treatment 0.83 0.50 1.37 0.74 0.49 1.12 0.67 0.47 0.95
Non-daily - Abstinence 1.57 0.88 2.81 0.87 0.67 1.13 0.80 0.64 0.99
Daily - Treatment 1.24 1.05 1.48 0.95 0.72 1.24 0.75 0.54 1.05
Daily - Abstinence 0.90 0.55 1.45 0.73 0.53 1.02 0.60 0.39 0.92
Daily - Non-daily 1.00 0.57 1.76 0.68 0.39 1.20 0.89 0.54 1.47
Time since drug use initiation (>5 years vs. <5 years)
Treatment Abstinence 0.82 0.61 1.09 0.91 0.73 1.14 0.64 0.52 0.79
Non-daily - Treatment 3.18 2.36 429 1.31 0.89 1.93 2.08 1.66 2.61
Non-daily - Abstinence 0.88 0.55 1.41 1.10 0.87 1.39 1.34 1.18 1.53
Daily - Treatment 1.87 1.61 2.17 1.38 1.07 1.78 1.80 1.45 2.24
Daily - Abstinence 0.77 0.53 1.12 1.29 0.99 1.69 1.31 1.02 1.67
Daily - Non-daily 0.61 0.38 0.96 1.83 1.13 2.96 1.40 1.00 1.96

Controlling also for age at drug use initiation, gender and race (white vs. non-white), crime in the past 30 ays, cumulative durations of incarceration (> or <25% of follow-up), polydrug use (> or <40% of follow-up) and rime (> or <35% of follow-up), as well as an indicator of time since drug use initiation (> or <5 years).