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Table 1 Background variables of the non substance use disorder (No SUD) and substance use disorder (SUD) groups

From: A cross-sectional study of patients with and without substance use disorders in Community Mental Health Centres

Background variables

No SUDa

N = 1786

SUDa

N = 368

Effect-sizesb

p-valuec

Age

39.4 (12.9)

38.7 (12.9)

0.058 (0.029)

0.312

Male gender

601 (34.9)

196 (55.1)

0.156

< 0.001

Not in relationship

987 (55.9)

266 (73.1)

0.131

< 0.001

Living alone

553 (34.4)

166 (49.6)

0.119

< 0.001

No paid work

1296 (73.5)

287 (79.3)

0.050

0.021

Norwegian

1638 (92.3)

348 (94.8)

-0.037

0.088

  1. a) Age is presented as mean (SD) all other variables are presented as n (%). Valid percentages are given.
  2. b) Cohen's d (effect size r) is used for age, for all other variables the phi-coefficient is used
  3. c) The student's T-test is used for age, for all other variables the χ2-test is used.