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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2017 Mar 29;234(13):1997–2007. doi: 10.1007/s00213-017-4607-8

Table 1.

Sample characteristics

Variable Percentage or mean (SD) Range
Education (years) 12.19 (3.41) 4 – 21
Age 36.93 (8.78) 23 – 50
Sex (% men) 73%
Ethnicity (% Caucasian) 37%
Age of first MA use 24 (9.83) 13 – 47
Years of MA use 12.48 (8.46) <1 – 32
DSM-IV MA abuse/dependence symptom count 6.00 (2.26) 2 – 11
Number of MA use days (past 30 days) 21.26 (8.15) 9 – 30
Primary route of MA use (n = 28)
 Smoke 93%
 Snort 3.5%
 Inject 3.5%
Cigarette smokers (%) 63%
Alcohol drinkers (%) 70%
Number of alcohol-drinking days (past 30 days) 5.56 (8.63) 0 – 30
Alcohol drinks per drinking day (past 30 days) 4.07 (3.67) <1 – 14

Abbreviations: DSM-IV, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition; MA, methamphetamine.