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. 2002 Nov 23;325(7374):1199. doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1199

Table 2.

 Crude and adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals for developing schizophrenia any time after conscription in subjects who have ever used cannabis

Drug use
No of subjects
No (%) of subjects developing schizophrenia
Odds ratio (95% CI)
Crude
Adjusted*
Cannabis ever 5391 73 (1.4) 2.2 (1.7 to 2.8) 1.5 (1.1 to 2.0)
Frequency of use of cannabis (ever):
 None 36 429 215 (0.6) 1.0 1.0
 Once 608 2 (0.3) 0.6 (0.1 to 2.2) 0.6 (0.1 to 2.3)
 2-4 times 1380 8 (0.6) 1.0 (0.5 to 2.0) 0.9 (0.4 to 1.9)
 5-10 times 806 9 (1.1) 1.9 (1.0 to 3.7) 1.4 (0.7 to 2.8)
 11-50 times 689 13 (1.9) 3.2 (1.8 to 5.7) 2.2 (1.2 to 4.0)
 >50 times 731 28 (3.8) 6.7 (4.5 to 10.0) 3.1 (1.7 to 5.5)
 Linear trend for frequency of use 1.4 (1.3 to 1.5) 1.2 (1.1 to 1.4)
*

Adjusted for diagnosis at conscription to IQ score to poor social integration to disturbed behaviour to cigarette smoking to and place of upbringing. 

No drug use as baseline comparison.