Table 2 Distribution of substance use frequencies between body-art groups, and complications groups (%)
Variable | Among all sample | Only among body-art group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Body-art (n = 399 ~ 410) | No body-art (n = 472 ~ 502) | *P | Medical complications (n = 56 ~ 60) | No medical complications (n = 342 ~ 349) | *P | |
Cigarette smoking (any frequency) | 56.6% | 34.3% | 0.000 | 68.3% | 55.3% | 0.040 |
Hookah smoking (any frequency) | 30.4% | 17.5% | 0.000 | 46.7% | 27.2% | 0.026 |
Binge drinking (past year) | 63.6% | 38.4% | 0.000 | 71.7% | 64.3% | NS |
Drunkenness (past month) | 42.2% | 20.0% | 0.000 | 63.3% | 41.8% | NS |
Cannabis (any use) | 36.8% | 20.0% | 0.000 | 44.6% | 36.0% | NS |
Ecstasy (MDMA) (any use) | 9.8% | 3.4% | 0.000 | 19.0% | 8.5% | 0.014 |
Party drugs Nice Guy (any use) | 8.3% | 3.8% | 0.005 | 15.8% | 8.2% | 0.067 |
Party drugs Cathinone (any use) | 6.5% | 1.9% | 0.001 | 10.5% | 5.8% | NS |