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. 2016 May 26;16:59. doi: 10.1186/s12903-016-0218-8

Table 1.

Participant data

MA group (n = 100) Comparison group (n = 100)
Inclusion criteria - Constant MA use over a minimum period of 1 year
- Constant MA use of 1 g/week by intranasal use, smoking, intravenous use or swallowing
- Same gender as MA user
- Same age as MA user with a tolerance of ±1 year
Exclusion criteria - Last MA use longer than 1 month ago
- <18th year of birth
- Excessive co-consumption of other addictive substances to a similar extent to MA
-Any use of addictive substances in life
Recruitment and location of examination - Addiction Clinic in Hochstadt/Main, Germany (n = 76)
- Department of Addiction Medicine, Hospital for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychosomatic Medicine, Bayreuth, Germany (n = 24)
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany (n = 66)
- Dental surgery clinic, Augsburg, Germany (n = 34)
Demographic characteristics - Mean age: 29.4 years (SD ± 7.4)
- Gender distribution: 83 males, 17 females
- Mean age: 29.3 years (SD ± 7.2 years)
- Gender distribution: 83 males, 17 females
Mean duration of MA use - 6.9 years (SD ± 4.6) - None

MA methamphetamine, SD standard deviation