Table 1: Demographics of Drug User
Cohort (N=151).
|
Category |
N (%) |
Mean Methadone Dose (mg/day) |
|
Gender |
|
|
|
Female |
89 (58.9) |
83.1a |
|
Male |
62 (41.1) |
84.4a |
|
Race/Ethnicity |
|
|
|
Hispanic (H) |
34 (22.5) |
90.5 |
|
Black non-Hispanic (BNH) |
59 (39.1) |
77.6a |
|
White non-Hispanic (WNH) |
55 (36.4) |
85.9a |
|
Asian non-Hispanic |
1 (0.7) |
5.0 |
|
Other non-Hispanic |
2 (1.3) |
94.0 |
|
Age Ranges |
|
|
|
21-35 |
23 (15.2) |
80.5a |
|
36-40 |
18 (11.9) |
84.7a |
|
41-45 |
12 (7.9) |
98.3 |
|
46-50 |
21 (13.9) |
95.1 |
|
51-55 |
26 (17.2) |
73.1a |
|
56-60 |
26 (17.2) |
76.1 |
|
61-65 |
16 (10.6) |
88.0a |
|
66-85 |
9 (6.0) |
73.2a |
|
BMI |
|
|
|
Underweight |
7 (4.6) |
56.7a * |
|
Normal Weight |
40 (26.5) |
81.9a |
|
Overweight |
40 (26.5) |
87.7a |
|
Obese |
64 (42.4) |
91.1a |
|
|
|
|
|
Diabetes |
26 (17.2) |
82.0 |
|
No Diabetes |
125 (82.8) |
84.0a |
|
|
|
|
|
Persons Who Inject Drugs
(PWID) |
82 (54.3) |
84.2a |
|
Persons Who Did Not Inject
Drugs (NON-PWID) |
69 (45.7) |
83.0a |
|
|
|
|
|
Education |
|
|
|
Elementary School [K-5th
grade] |
1 (0.7) |
140.0 |
|
Middle School [6-8th
grade] |
7 (4.6) |
95.0 |
|
Some High School [9-12th
grade] |
47 (31.1) |
85.2a |
|
High School Graduate |
40 (26.5) |
85.7a |
|
GED or equivalent |
11 (7.3) |
83.2 |
|
Some College (No Degree) |
26 (17.2) |
91.6a |
|
Associate Degree or
Certificate (Occupational, Technical, or Vocational Programme) |
4 (2.6) |
80.0 |
|
Associate Degree (Academic
Programme) |
3 (2.0) |
123.3 |
|
Bachelor’s degree
(example: BA, AB, BS, BBA) |
8 (5.3) |
69.9 |
|
Master’s degree (example:
MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MBA, MPH) |
3 (2.0) |
63.3 |
|
Professional School Degree
(ex: MD, DDS, DVM, JD) |
1 (0.7) |
70.0 |
Note: 5 subjects reported that methadone was not a
part of their treatment regimen, therefore for mean methadone calculations
n=146.
Demographics for the 5 subjects not on methadone who
are excluded from the above table:
Subject 1 - WNH female, non-diabetic, PWID, 21
years-old, normal weight, high school graduate.
Subject 2 - WNH female, non-diabetic, non-PWID, 54
years-old, normal weight, some high school [9-12th grade].
Subject 3 - BNH female, non-diabetic, non-PWID, 36
years-old, obese, high school graduate.
Subject 4 - BNH male, non-diabetic, PWID, 61
years-old, overweight, some college (no degree).
Subject 5 - BNH female, non-diabetic, PWID, 66
years-old, underweight, some high school [9-12th grade].
a: One or more
subjects in this category are excluded in this mean, as they did not use
methadone.
*: In a two-sample independent t-test of equal
variance with normal weight as a control, two-tailed p <0.1.