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Table 1 Demographic, clinical, and cannabis-use characteristics of patients with past-month cannabis use

From: The association between cannabis use and outcome in pharmacological treatment for opioid use disorder

Characteristic Total sample (N = 2313) Cannabis non-user (n = 1135) Cannabis user (n = 1178)
Demographic    
 Age in years; mean (SD) 39.3 (10.9) 40.9 (10.9) 37.7 (10.6)
 Female sex; n (%) 1025 (44.3%) 557 (49.1%) 468 (39.7%)
 Married; n (%) 673 (29.1%) 356 (31.4%) 317 (26.9%)
 Unemployed; n (%) 1548 (66.9%) 761 (67.1%) 787 (66.8%)
Clinical    
 Length of time in treatment, in years; median (Q1, Q3) 2.6 years (0.83, 6) 3 years (0.92, 7) 2 years (0.75, 6)
Type of treatment; n (%)    
 Methadone 1833 (79.4%) 890 (78.6%) 944 (80.1%)
 Buprenorphine–naloxone 477 (20.7%) 243 (21.5%) 234 (19.9%)
Medication dose in mg/day; mean (SD)    
 Methadone 70.4 mg (40.6) 72.9 mg (41.3) 68.1 mg (39.8)
 Buprenorphine–naloxnaloxone 12 mg (6.8) 12 mg (7.0) 12 mg (6.6)
 Opioid use at 3 monthsa; n (%) 1015 (44.8%) 488 (44.0%) 527 (44.7%)
 Percentage of opioid-positive urine drug screens amongst users; median (Q1, Q3) 25 (11.1, 50) 30 (12.5, 55.6) 21.4 (10, 50)
  1. SD standard deviation, MAT medication-assisted treatment, Q1 25th percentile, Q3 75th percentile
  2. aData available for n = 1155 participants