Different Levels in Orexin Concentrations and Risk Factors Associated with Higher Orexin Levels: Comparison between Detoxified Opiate and Methamphetamine Addicts in 5 Chinese Cities
Table 1
Demographic characteristics and history of drug use among three different groups.
Variables
Opiates (N = 285)
MA* (N = 112)
Healthy‡ (N = 79)
Demographic characteristics
Age (year) (valid total†)
(285)
(106)
32.8 ± 9.8 (79)
Han ethnicity (%) (valid total†)
76.8 (285)
51.8 (112)
—
Married (%) (valid total†)
54.7 (285)
18.8 (112)
—
History of drug use
Median months of drug abuse (valid total†)
7.7 (280)
12.0 (71)
—
Regular median dosage (g/each time) (valid total†)
0.4 (277)
0.2 (72)
—
Chasing the dragon versus injection (%) (valid total†)
63.5 (181) versus 27.7 (79)
51.8 (58) versus 0
—
Total number may not be equal to the number of cases due to excluding missing data. Data of healthy group were collected only for age of cases. Methamphetamine.
