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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Med. 2019 Jul-Aug;13(4):279–286. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000494

TABLE 2.

Clinical Characteristics (N = 206)

Variable % (n)
Alcohol 32% (66)
 Daily standard drinks of alcohol (mean, SD) 22.19 (±14.98)
 Age of onset (mean, SD) 16.20 (+7.43)
Opioids 53%(109)
 Injected opioids, past 30 days 52%(57)
 Average daily number of bags used 13.34
 Age of onset (mean, SD) 24.45 (±8.45)
Co-occuring alcohol and opioid use 22%(46)
Benzodiazepine 23%(49)
Cannabis 5%(11)
Crack/cocaine 14%(29)
Other 3%(6)
Number of chronic medical conditions:
 0 or 1 70%(145)
 2 19%(39)
 3 6%(13)
 ≥4 5%(9)
Number of psychiatric conditions:
 0 or 1 90%(185)
 2 7%(14)
 3 3%(6)
 ≥4 1%(1)
Health Care utilization at Bellevue Hospital (past year)
 Primary care visits (mean, SD) 0.299 (±1.82)
 Emergency department visits (mean, SD) 2.5735 (2.5729)
 Inpatient detoxification admissions (mean, SD) 1.73 (1.47)