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Table 1 Sociodemographic and criminal characteristics, and psychiatric assessment of participants with and without SUD

From: Catechol-O-methyltransferase activity in individuals with substance use disorders: a case control study

 

No SUD

(n = 19)

SUD

(n = 27)

p-value

Age (years)

35.0 (28.0, 39.0)

35.0 (31.0, 43.0)

0.070

Education (years)

6.0 (6.0, 10.0)

8.0 (6.0, 9.0)

0.446

Length of imprisonment (months)

120.0 (60.0, 174.0)

96.0 (60.0, 180.0)

0.797

Violent crimes

12 (63.2%)

13 (48.1%)

0.310

ASPD

11 (57.9%)

23 (85.2%)

0.038

Depressive disorders

6 (31.6%)

14 (51.8%)

0.170

Anxiety disorders

5 (26.3%)

9 (33.35)

0.610

Suicide attempts

4 (21.1%)

11 (40.7%)

0.160

Psychopathy

6 (31.6%)

4 (14.8%)

0.180

PCL-R total

25.0 (18.0, 32.0)

28.0 (25.0, 33.0)

0.290

 F1-Interpersonal

4.0 (4.0, 8.0)

8.0 (4.0, 8.0)

0.130

 F2-affective

5.0 (2.0, 8.0)

6.0 (2.0, 8.0)

0.950

 F3-Lifestyle

8.0 (5.0, 10.0)

10.0 (8.0, 10.0)

0.020

 F4-Antisocial

6.0 (5.0, 10.0)

8.0 (4.0, 10.0)

0.700

  1. Results are presented as median (Q1, Q3) or mean ± SD for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables
  2. ASPD Antisocial Personality Disorder; PCL-R Psychopathy Checklist-Revised, SUD Substance Use Disorder