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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2019 May 6;176(6):468–476. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.18081007

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of cocaine use disorder and healthy control subjects

Cocaine use disorder Healthy controls
n = 24 n = 25
Age 40 ± 9 37 ± 9
Sex
Females 10 11
Males 14 14
Ethnicity
African American 10 5
Caucasian 12 18
Asian 0 1
Hispanic 1 0
More than one race 1 1
Barratt Simplified Measure of Social Status
Education 14 ± 3 15 ± 4
Occupation 21 ± 10 27 ± 4*
Total 33 ± 13 42 ± 12*
Tobacco use 16 13
 > 10 cigarettes per day 7 4
Cannabis use (recreational) 4 -
Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (range 0 to 56) 8.5 ± 7.5 2.1 ± 3.7*
Perceived Stress Scale (range 0 to 40) 15.2 ± 7.8 5.5 ± 5.3*
Cocaine Craving Questionnaire (range 0 to 70) 26 ± 15
Age of first use of cocaine (years) 23 ± 8
Duration of cocaine use (years) 15 ± 9
Cocaine use frequency per week (days) 2 ± 2
Amount spent on cocaine per week (dollars) 126 ± 64
12-week follow-up protocol to monitor for relapse following PET scan
Final Outcome
Abstinent 6
Relapsed (cocaine +) 9
Drop-out 9
Amount of money earned in vouchers (dollars) 415 ± 476
Time to an event, i.e., first relapse or drop-out or completion (days) 35 ± 34
Time to first relapse (days) 13 ± 14
Duration in follow-up protocol (days) 43 ± 35
*

p < 0.05, unpaired t-tests for numerical variables and Chi-square test for categorical variables.