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. 2002 Nov 23;325(7374):1195–1198. doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1195

Table 1.

Prevalence of depression and anxiety according to cannabis use by sex in 1590 young adults in wave 7 (n=1601) of the Victorian adolescent health cohort study

Frequency of cannabis use in previous 12 months
Men
Women
No
% (95% CI)
Odds ratio* (95% CI)
No
% (95% CI)
Odds ratio* (95% CI)
None to <5 times ever 523  9 (6 to 11) (1) 744 19 (17 to 22) (1)
5 times ever to less than weekly 62 10 (2 to 17) 1.1 (0.46 to 2.8) 46 17 (6 to 29) 0.87 (0.40 to 1.9)
1 to 4 times per week 73 12 (5 to 20) 1.5 (0.70 to 3.2) 32 31 (14 to 48)  1.9 (0.87 to 4.1)
Daily 73 15 (7 to 23) 1.9 (0.93 to 3.8) 37 68 (52 to 83) 8.6 (4.2 to 18)
*

Obtained from univariate logistic regression models. 

11 (7 female) participants in wave 7 did not answer the questions about cannabis use. 

*Obtained from univariate logistic regression models.