Table 5.

Biochemical parameters of the participants (n 187)

	OST (n 97)		Rehabilitation (n 90)		P-value	Total (n 187)
	Mean	sd	Mean	sd		Mean	sd
Erythrocyte (cells/mcl)	5⋅2	0⋅5	5⋅2	0⋅4	0⋅229	5⋅2	0⋅4
Hgb (g/dl)	14⋅7	1⋅5	15⋅0	1⋅2	0⋅127‡	14⋅8	1⋅3
Hct (%)	43⋅6	3⋅7	44⋅5	2⋅9	0⋅085*	44⋅0	3⋅4
Leucocyte (cells/mcl)	8⋅5	2⋅5	7⋅2	2⋅1	0⋅001*	7⋅9	2⋅4
Platelet (cells/mcl)	259⋅8	63⋅5	249⋅2	66⋅2	0⋅291	254⋅4	64⋅9
Total Proteins (g/dl)	7⋅4	0⋅4	7⋅3	0⋅4	0⋅008*†	7⋅3	0⋅4
Albumin (g/dl)	4⋅3	0⋅2	4⋅2	0⋅3	0⋅135	4⋅3	0⋅3
FBS (mg/dl)	94⋅2	16⋅8	85⋅4	7⋅4	<0⋅001*	89⋅7	13⋅6
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	188⋅8	53⋅4	190⋅9	39⋅8	0⋅773	189⋅9	46⋅9
LDL (mg/dl)	115⋅1	44⋅3	115⋅9	33⋅1	0⋅891	115⋅5	38⋅9
HDL (mg/dl)	43⋅3	12⋅3	44⋅3	12⋅5	0⋅339	43⋅8	12⋅3
Males	43⋅0	11⋅8	43⋅8	12⋅8	0⋅554	43⋅4	12⋅3
Females	51⋅0	23⋅8	47⋅5	9⋅7	0⋅829	48⋅2	12⋅5
TAG (mg/dl)	118⋅0	69⋅2	129⋅3	147⋅4	0⋅527	123⋅8	115⋅6
ALT (IU/l)	37⋅6	50⋅7	32⋅3	26⋅5	0⋅870	34⋅9	40⋅2
AST (IU/l)	32⋅7	29⋅7	32⋅1	25⋅2	0⋅924	32⋅4	27⋅4

OST, opioid substitution treatment; Hgb, haemoglobin; Hct, haematocrit; FBS, fasting blood sugar; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; TAG, triacylglycerol; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase.

^*P < 0⋅05 using independent samples t test.

**P < 0⋅05 using Mann–Whitney U test.

^†No significant difference between the OST and rehabilitation groups when females were excluded from the sample.

^‡Significant difference between the OST and rehabilitation groups when females were excluded from the sample.