Table 1

Sample characteristics at baseline in surviving and deceased patients (N = 193).


Surviving patients (N = 160)
Deceased patients (N = 33)
p-value

Female, %
29
18
0.19
Age, mean years (SD)
38.7 (11.0)
44.2 (10.1)
0.01
Employment, %
34
29
0.60
Marital status, %
39
30
0.37
Alcoholics, %
54
73
0.04
Onset of substance use disorder, mean years (SD)
22.3 (9.9)
26.4 (12.5)
0.03
Duration of substance use disorder, mean years (SD)
16.4 (9.1)
17.7 (9.1)
0.45
Lifetime Axis 1 disorder, %
91
82
0.13
Lifetime anxiety disorders, %
81
81
0.95
Lifetime affective disorders, %
64
52
0.19
Any personality disorder, %
72
73
0.90

Landheim et al. BMC Psychiatry 2006 6:44   doi:10.1186/1471-244X-6-44