| MMT |  | TC |  |  | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Continuous Variables | Mean | ±SD | Mean | ±SD | t | p-value | |
Age (years) | 36.9 | 7.6 | 35.9 | 6.6 | 1.5 | 0.137 | |
Education (years) | 9.8 | 1.9 | 10.4 | 2.3 | −2.9 | 0.004 | |
Life events in recent one yearb | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.415 | |
Substance criminal convictionsb | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | −0.4 | 0.695 | |
Nonsubstance criminal convictionsb | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.495 | |
Family APGAR[Ch] score | 5.4 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 3.7 | −2.3 | 0.023 | |
Onset age of heroin use (years) | 26.1 | 6.5 | 23.9 | 5.9 | 3.8 | <0.001 | |
Length of Heroin use (years) | 10.8 | 6.0 | 12.1 | 6.2 | −2.3 | 0.021 | |
SDS[Ch] total score | 7.0 | 2.7 | 7.2 | 3.1 | −0.5 | 0.602 | |
Dose of heroin (half qian/day)a | 6.1 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 7.2 | −2.2 | 0.031 | |
CAGE total score | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | −1.4 | 0.155 | |
 | MMT |  | TC |  |  |  | |
Categorical Variables | n | % | n | % | χ 2 | p-value | |
Married | 136 | 24.6Â % | 21 | 13.8Â % | 8.3 | 0.016 | |
Single | 275 | 49.7Â % | 83 | 54.6Â % | Â | Â | |
Divorced, separated, or widowed | 142 | 25.7Â % | 48 | 31.6Â % | Â | Â | |
Employed | Yes | 308 | 55.7Â % | 69 | 45.7Â % | 4.8 | 0.029 |
 | No | 245 | 44.3 % | 82 | 54.3 % |  |  |
Route of Heroin administration | Inhalation | 138 | 25.0Â % | 36 | 24.2Â % | 0.1 | 0.825 |
 | Injection | 413 | 75.0 % | 113 | 75.8 % |  |  |
Needle sharing | Yes | 59 | 10.7Â % | 9 | 6.0Â % | 3.1 | 0.081 |
 | No | 492 | 89.3 % | 142 | 94.0 % |  |  |
Major depressive disorder (1-month) | Yes | 178 | 32.2Â % | 34 | 22.4Â % | 5.5 | 0.019 |
 | No | 375 | 67.8 % | 118 | 77.6 % |  |  |
Dysthymic disorder (lifetime) | Yes | 40 | 7.2Â % | 9 | 5.9Â % | 0.3 | 0.573 |
 | No | 513 | 92.8 % | 143 | 94.1 % |  |  |
Suicide attempt (lifetime) | Yes | 147 | 26.6Â % | 37 | 24.3Â % | 1.9 | 0.588 |
 | No | 406 | 73.4 % | 115 | 75.7 % |  |  |