Table 3.
Differences in cocaine consumption patterns in patients with CUD according to gender.
| Variable | Cocaine use disorder N = 272 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men N = 228 | Women N = 44 | p Value | ||
| Severity criteria [mean (95% CI)] | Criteria (0–11) | 8.09 (7.68–8.49) | 7.94 (7.10–8.79) | 0.174 |
| Age at onset of use [mean (SD)] | Years | 20.13 (6.99) | 20.45 (7.12) | 0.454 |
| Age at dependence development [mean (SD)] | Years | 25.55 (7.49) | 28.14 (6.31) | 0.010 |
| Length of abstinence [mean (SD)] | Days | 192.34 (661.03) | 147.36 (216.20) | 0.488 |
| Number of abstinences [mean (SD)] | Number | 1.51 (0.96) | 1.34 (0.94) | 0.220 |
| Duration of CUD [mean (SD)] | Years | 7.72 (6.84) | 7.46 (5.81) | < 0.999 |
| Telescoping effect [mean (SD)] | Years | 5.66 (5.48) | 6.19 (6.23) | 0.656 |
% percentage, CI confidence interval, SD standard deviation, CUD cocaine use disorder.
P value for Mann–Whitney U test. Significant P-value in bold.