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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Addict. 2008 Mar-Apr;17(2):83–98. doi: 10.1080/10550490701861201

TABLE 5.

Route of administration and ethnicity differences for the most common symptoms

Gender Stim     Symptom
Have you ever felt/imagined that:
Route of administration x2 p

Nasal (%)** Smoking (%) IV (%) Other (%)
Male Coc People are talking about you 25 72 NA 100 3.3 .54
People are watching you 25 56 NA 100 1.6 .22
Someone was calling your name 38 50 NA 100 .69 .51
Lose train of thought easily 38 44 NA 100 .66 .53
Had difficulty completing tasks 38 39 NA 100 .71 .50
Male MA People are talking about you 0 69 86 33 2.4 .10
People are watching you 0 31 71 67 1.9 .17
Someone was calling your name 50 46 43 0 .77 .53
Lose train of thought easily 0 54 71 0 2.4 .10
Had difficulty completing tasks 0 62 71 67 1.1 .36
Female Coc People are talking about you 33 75 NA NA 1.9 .20
People are watching you 33 50 NA NA .24 .64
People go out of their way to hurt you 33 50 NA NA .24 .64
Body dysmorphism 67 33 NA NA 1.0 .33
Significant other was having an affair 0 50 NA NA 2.6 .13
Someone calling your name 67 58 NA NA .06 .81
Difficult time moving your body 33 50 NA NA .24 .64
Easily agitated 67 42 NA NA .54 .47
Lose train of thought easily 100 50 NA NA 2.6 .13
Had difficulty completing tasks 67 58 NA NA .06 .81
Female MA People are talking about you 50 75 NA 50 2.4 .10
People are watching you 75 42 NA 100 1.9 .17
People go out of their way to hurt you 25 58 NA 50 .70 .57
Body dysmorphism 50 83 NA 50 1.7 .21
Significant other was having an affair 25 67 NA 0 .83 .49
Someone calling your name 50 46 NA 50 .77 .53
Difficult time moving your body 25 55 NA 50 2.6 .08
Easily agitated 75 50 NA 100 1.7 .21
Lose train of thought easily 50 75 NA 50 2.4 .10
Had difficulty completing tasks 75 75 NA 0 1.1 .36
Ethnicity

White (%) AA (%) Hispanic (%) Other (%)
Mal Coc People are talking about you 33 65 50 100 .60 .63
People are watching you 33 53 33 100 .62 .61
Someone was calling your name 33 59 33 0 .78 .51
Lose train of thought easily 0 59 33 0 1.7 .19
Had difficulty completing tasks 0 47 33 100 1.3 .30
Male MA People are talking about you 77 83 0 33 3.6 .03*
People are watching you 46 67 33 0 1.2 .32
Someone was calling your name 50 50 0 33 .86 .48
Lose train of thought easily 46 83 33 0 2.2 .11
Had difficulty completing tasks 54 100 67 0 3.8 .03*
Female Coc People are talking about you 33 75 100 50 .92 .47
People are watching you 0 75 0 50 3.2 .07
People go out of their way to hurt you 33 50 50 50 .07 .98
Body dysmorphism 33 25 50 100 1.3 .33
Significant other was having an affair 0 50 50 50 .73 .55
Someone calling your name 67 63 50 50 .06 .98
Difficult time moving your body 33 38 50 100 .83 .50

Ethnicity

Gender Stim Symptom White (%) AA (%) Hispanic (%) Other (%) x2 p

Easily agitated 33 38 100 50 .83 .50
Lose train of thought easily 33 63 50 10 .67 .59
Had difficulty completing tasks 33 63 50 100 .67 .59
Female MA People are talking about you 70 50 75 50 3.6 .03*
People are watching you 50 50 50 100 1.2 .32
People go out of their way to hurt you 50 100 25 50 .73 .55
Body dysmorphism 70 100 75 50 .69 .57
Significant other was having an affair 50 100 25 50 2.1 .13
Someone calling your name 67 50 25 0 .86 .48
Difficult time moving your body 60 0 75 100 .20 .90
Easily agitated 60 50 50 100 1.5 .26
Lose train of thought easily 60 100 75 50 2.3 .11
Had difficulty completing tasks 70 100 50 50 3.8 .03*
*

p < 0.05.

**

Percentages reflect individuals within each condition that experienced that particular psychotic symptom.