11 March 2022 : Clinical Research
Comparison of Pain in Male Drug Rehabilitees with and without Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Yunnan Province, China
Simin Shen12AE, Zhangxiang Huang1F, Xiaolina Zhang1C, Xuejun Li3B, Kaiyang Zhao1BD, Kunhua Wang24AG, Xiaomei Zhang1AG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.934996
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e934996
Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the substance-dependent study participants.
| Drug rehabilitees without HIV (n=44) | Drug rehabilitees with HIV (n=58) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 38.91±1.34 | 40.92±1.03 | 0.227 |
| Minimum | 20.25 | 26.17 | |
| Maximum | 45.42 | 55.66 | |
| Ethnicity | 0.577 | ||
| Han | 32.00 | 42.00 | |
| Minority | 12.00 | 16.00 | |
| Nine-year compulsory education | 0.2613 | ||
| Unfinished | 38.00 | 54.00 | |
| Finished | 6.00 | 4.00 | |
| 12.42±1.53 | 14.38±1.03 | 0.2728 | |
| Shortest | 0.08 | 0.17 | |
| Longest | 31.58 | 30.33 | |
| 8.84±0.88 | 11.88±0.98 | 0.0277 | |
| Shortest | 4.25 | 2.08 | |
| Longest | 20.66 | 21.75 | |
| 0.001 | |||
| Heroin | 23.00 | 51.00 | |
| Methamphetamine | 15.00 | 3.00 | |
| Ephedrine | 3.00 | 3.00 | |
| Mix | 3.00 | 1.00 | |
| Blood transmission | 19.00 | ||
| Sex | 39.00 |






