Table 3.

Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient between drug exposure duration with metabolic syndrome components, hemoglobin A1C and opioid craving.

Variable	Buprenorphine			Methadone			Comparison
	r	t	p	r	t	p	z	p
Waist	0.009	0.04	0.97	0.12	0.68	0.50	−0.40	0.35
Triglycerides	−0.20	−0.99	0.33	0.45	2.64	0.01	−2.37	0.009
HDL	0.48	2.64	0.01	−0.46	−2.66	0.01	3.56	<0.0001
MAP	−0.09	−0.42	0.68	0.38	2.11	0.04	−1.70	<0.05
Glucosebaseline	0.29	1.45	0.16	0.64	4.20	0.0003	−1.57	0.06
Total cholesterol	−0.10	−0.51	0.62	−0.04	−0.23	0.82	0.49	0.31
LDL	−0.24	−1.17	0.26	−0.002	−0.01	0.99	−0.79	0.22
Hemoglobin A1C	0.26	1.27	0.22	0.69	4.90	<0.0001	−2.01	0.02
Total craving	−0.52	−2.76	0.01	0.15	0.75	0.46	−2.46	0.007

HDL, High-density lipoprotein; LDL, Low-density lipoproteins; MAP, mean arterial pressure.