Table 1.
Participant demographic and baseline characteristics by treatment group
| MET N=27 |
TAU N=14 |
Group Analysis Statisticˆ | Total N=41 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (Years) | 29.4 (6.5) | 24.1 (3.7) | T=3.30** | 27.6 (6.2) |
| Race/Ethnicity (%)+ | F=0.01 | |||
| African-American | 33.3% | 46.2% | 37.5% | |
| Caucasian | 44.4% | 30.8% | 40.0% | |
| Hispanic | 22.2% | 7.7% | 17.5% | |
| Other | 0.0% | 15.4% | 5.0% | |
| Marital Status (%) | F=0.04 | |||
| Married | 11.1% | 28.6% | 17.1% | |
| Separated/Divorced | 18.5% | 7.1% | 14.6% | |
| Not Married | 70.4% | 64.3% | 68.3% | |
| Education (Years) | 11.7 (2.2) | 11.1 (1.5) | W=1.00 | 11.5 (2.0) |
| Employed Full or Part Time (%) | 22.2% | 14.3% | F=0.28 | 19.5% |
| Weeks Pregnant | 20.6 (8.9) | 18.7 (7.7) | W=0.80 | 20.0 (8.4) |
| Primary drug used (%) | F=0.00 | |||
| Alcohol | 18.5% | 35.7% | 24.4% | |
| Cocaine | 33.3% | 21.4% | 29.3% | |
| Marijuana | 11.1% | 35.7% | 19.5% | |
| Opiates | 7.4% | 0.0% | 4.9% | |
| Methamphetamine | 3.7% | 0.0% | 2.4% | |
| Other | 25.9% | 7.1% | 19.5% | |
| Days of alcohol use (past 28) | 5.7 (7.4) | 1.7 (1.1) | T=2.70* | 4.3 (6.3) |
| Days of illicit drug use (past 28) | 9.3 (10.9) | 7.9 (9.9) | W=0.2 | 8.9 (10.4) |
| Need methadone (%) | 7.4% | 0.0% | F=0.43 | 4.9% |
| Pressure to attend treatment (%) | 14.8% | 35.7% | F=0.10 | 22.0% |
Note. Where not specifically indicated, numbers represent means (standard deviations).
ˆ
W = Wilcoxon, T = Student t, F = Fisher Exact
*
p < 0.05,
**
p < 0.01.
+
Comparisons are for Caucasian to minority participants.