Table 1.

Patient characteristics of benzodiazepines (BZDs) and pharmaceutical gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) detoxification groups

	BZD (n = 42)	Pharmaceutical GHB (n = 42)	p
Male: n (%)	29 (69.0%)	31 (73.8%)	0.801
Age: years (SD)	30.5 (5.5)	28.7 (5.6)	0.130
Months of daily GHB use (SD)	44.8 (46.4)	51.1 (33.4)	0.493
Daily ml GHB (SD)	76.7 (61.9)	75.7 (52.4)	0.953
Co-morbid substance use (in past thirty days)
Nicotine	92.3%	94.2%	0.702
Alcohol	76.0%	59.1%	0.090
Stimulants	55.6%	60.4%	0.637

SD standard deviation