Table 1 Demographics and clinical measures of CU and NU participants.

From: Noradrenergic correlates of chronic cocaine craving: neuromelanin and functional brain imaging

 

CU (n = 44)

NU (n = 59)

t

p

Age (years)

46.5 ± 7.2

43.7 ± 9.8

1.251

0.214

Gender (M/F)

37/7

44/15

1.358

0.244ª

Years of cocaine use

17.6 ± 9.9

N/A

N/A

N/A

Days of cocaine use, prior month

19.2 ± 8.5

N/A

N/A

N/A

Total use (gm), prior month

30 ± 39

N/A

N/A

N/A

CCQ score

40.0 ± 16.2

N/A

N/A

N/A

AUDIT score

4.8 ± 5.7

3.7 ± 4.3

0.929

0.355

FTND score

3.6 ± 2.8

0.3 ± 1.2

8.283

<0.001

  1. All values are mean ± S.D.
  2. P values are based on independent-sample t test, except for gender compositiona (x2 test).
  3. CCQ Cocaine Craving Questionnaire, AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, FTND Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence.
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