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Body composition, gender, and illicit drug use in an urban cohort.
- Source :
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The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse [Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse] 2007; Vol. 33 (3), pp. 467-74. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- This cross-sectional study of adult (137 male, 128 female), urban, community dwelling users and nonusers of illicit drugs evaluated associations of demographic, medical, and drug factors with body composition. The population was 49% HIV-positive and 94% African-American. In multivariate analysis, there were no body composition differences among males based on drug use. Among females, the highest tertile of drug use had less fat (12.3 vs.19.9 kg, p = .01) and lower body mass index (21.9 vs. 25.1, p = .01) versus less frequent or nonusers. These data suggest a sex difference in body composition associated with drug use.
- Subjects :
- Baltimore
Black People psychology
Black People statistics & numerical data
Body Mass Index
Cocaine-Related Disorders ethnology
Cocaine-Related Disorders rehabilitation
Comorbidity
HIV Seropositivity epidemiology
HIV Seropositivity rehabilitation
Hepatitis C epidemiology
Hepatitis C rehabilitation
Humans
Methadone therapeutic use
Opioid-Related Disorders ethnology
Opioid-Related Disorders rehabilitation
Sex Factors
Statistics as Topic
Substance Abuse, Intravenous ethnology
Substance Abuse, Intravenous rehabilitation
White People psychology
White People statistics & numerical data
Black or African American
Body Composition
Cocaine-Related Disorders epidemiology
Illicit Drugs
Opioid-Related Disorders epidemiology
Substance Abuse, Intravenous epidemiology
Urban Population statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0095-2990
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17613974
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990701301616