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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 May 1;72(1):21–30. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000922

Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of Trial Participants.

Demographics No. (%) p value

Placebo (n=15) Naltrexone (n=15) Overall (n=30)
Age, mean (SD), y 42.3 (10.0) 43.7 (8.8) 43 (9.3) 0.54

Race/Ethnicity
White 6 (40.0) 6 (40.0) 12 (40.0) ≥ 0.99

African-American 5 (33.3) 4 (26.7) 9 (30.0)

Latino 2 (13.3) 3 (20.0) 5 (16.7)

Asian and Pacific Islander 1 (6.7) 1 (6.7) 2 (6.7)

Other 1 (6.7) 1 (6.7) 2 (6.7)

Education
High school or less 2 (13.3) 2 (13.3) 4 (13.3) ≥ 0.99

Some college 8 (53.3) 9 (60.0) 17 (56.7)

College or above 5 (33.3) 4 (26.7) 9 (30.0)

Income
under $20,000 9 (60.0) 9 (60.0) 18 (60.0) 0.68

$20,000-39,999 3 (20.0) 5 (33.3) 8 (26.7)

$40,000 and above 3 (20.0) 1 (6.7) 4 (13.3)

refused to answer 1 (6.7) 1 (6.7) 2 (6.7)

Employment status
Not employed 8 (53.3) 13 (86.7) 21 (70.0) 0.13

Part-time 3 (20.0) 2 (13.3) 5 (16.7)

Full-time 3 (20.0) 0 0.0 3 (10.0)

Employed student 1 (6.7) 0 0.0 1 (3.3)

Alcohol Use

Frequency of alcohol use (past 4 weeks)
1 day per week or less 1 (6.7) 5 (33.3) 6 (20.0) 0.17

2 days per week or more 14 (93.3) 10 (66.7) 24 (80.0)

Alcohol use during sex (past 4 weeks)
50% or less of the time 8 (53.3) 11 (73.3) 19 (63.3) 0.45

Greater than 50% of time 7 (46.7) 4 (26.7) 11 (36.7)

Number of Drinks in Typical Drinking Days (past 4 weeks), mean (SD) 5.9 (2.2) 5.1 (2.9) 5.5 (2.5) 0.32

Number of Binge Drinking Days (past 4 weeks), mean (SD) 9.3 (9.0) 3.9 (3.1) 6.6 (7.2) 0.13

Alcohol visual analog scale (VAS) craving score, mean (SD) 59.3 (26.0) 38.9 (29.3) 49.1 (29.1) 0.06

History of alcohol self-help or treatment program 6 (40.0) 10 (66.7) 16 (53.3) 0.27

Methamphetamine use

Frequency of methamphetamine use (past 4 weeks)
less than 1 day per week 6 (40.0) 10 (66.7) 16 (53.3) 0.47

at least 1 day per week 9 (60.0) 5 (33.3) 14 (46.7)

Methamphetamine use during sex (past 4 weeks)
50% or less of the time 10 (66.7) 11 (73.3) 21 (70.0) ≥0.99

More than 50% of time 5 (33.3) 4 (26.7) 9 (30.0)

Methamphetamine visual analog scale (VAS) craving score, mean (SD) 41.6 (23.0) 35.7 (25.5) 38.7 (24.1) 0.53

History of methamphetamine self-help or treatment program 6 (40.0) 10 (66.7) 16 (53.3) 0.27

Clinical

HIV serostatus HIV positive 5 (33.3) 7 (46.7) 12 (40.0) 0.71

HIV negative 10 (66.7) 8 (53.3) 18 (60.0)

Has regular health care provider 10 (66.7) 10 (66.7) 20 (66.7) ≥0.99

Has health insurance 11 (73.3) 12 (80.0) 23 (76.7) ≥0.99

Center for epidemiologic studies depression scale (CES-D) score, mean (SD) 18.1 (7.5) 20.3 (13.9) 19.2 (11.0) 0.76

binary and categorical characteristics compared using the Fisher's exact test, and group medians compared using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test