TABLE 3—
Young-Adult DSM-IV Substance Use Disorders Predicted by Early-Adolescent Substance Use
| Alcohol Abuse | Alcohol Dependence | Marijuana Abuse | Marijuana Dependence | Any Substance Use Disorder | |
| OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |
| All | |||||
| Abstainer/experimenter | 1.7* (1.1, 2.7) | 2.3* (1.1, 4.8) | 1.8* (1.0, 3.2) | 2.8** (1.4, 5.3) | 2.1*** (1.5, 3.1) |
| Abstainer/regular user | 2.5*** (1.5, 4.1) | 3.7*** (1.7, 8.0) | 3.4*** (1.9, 6.0) | 4.7*** (2.4, 9.2) | 4.1*** (4.1, 6.2) |
| Experimenter/regular user | 1.5* (1.0, 2.2) | 1.6 (1.0, 2.7) | 2.0*** (1.2, 2.9) | 1.7** (1.1, 2.6) | 2.0*** (1.4, 2.7) |
| Non-Hispanic Whites | |||||
| Abstainer/experimenter | 3.0* (1.2, 7.8) | 1.8 (0.5, 6.8) | 1.3 (0.5, 3.5) | 2.0 (0.5, 7.4) | 2.3* (1.9, 4.9) |
| Abstainer/regular user | 2.3* (0.9, 6.2) | 3.8* (1.1, 13.8) | 2.6* (1.0, 7.0) | 3.6* (1.0, 12.9) | 4.3*** (2.0, 9.3) |
| Experimenter/regular user | .8 (0.4, 1.4) | 2.1* (0.9, 4.6) | 2.0* (1.0, 4.2) | 1.8 (0.8, 3.9) | 1.8* (1.0, 3.3) |
| African Americans | |||||
| Abstainer/experimenter | 1.1 (0.4, 3.7) | 3.7* (0.4, 10.1) | 10.8** (1.4, 24.7) | 2.0 (0.6, 6.7) | 2.4* (1.0, 4.9) |
| Abstainer/regular user | 3.4* (1.0, 12.2) | 7.9** (0.8, 14.5) | 14.4** (1.6, 29.3) | 7.4*** (2.0, 26.7) | 6.6*** (2.5, 17.5) |
| Experimenter/regular user | 3.0* (1.0, 9.4) | 2.2 (0.5, 9.7) | 1.3 (0.4, 4.1) | 3.6** (1.3, 9.8) | 2.9** (1.2, 6.8) |
| US-born Hispanics | |||||
| Abstainer/experimenter | 1.6 (0.7, 4.2) | .6 (0.1, 1.7) | 1.3 (0.5, 3.9) | 1.9 (0.6, 6.1) | 2.0* (0.9, 4.4) |
| Abstainer/regular user | 3.1* (1.1, 8.4) | .8 (0.2, 1.2) | 1.8 (0.6, 5.6) | 2.4 (0.7, 7.8) | 2.8** (1.2, 6.4) |
| Experimenter/regular user | 2.0* (1.0, 3.9) | .7 (0.2, 2.2) | 1.4 (0.6, 3.0) | 1.2 (0.6, 2.6) | 1.4 (0.8, 2.5) |
| Foreign-born Hispanics | |||||
| Abstainer/experimenter | 1.1 (0.4, 2.6) | 1.5 (0.5, 4.8) | .6 (0.2, 2.4) | 10.8** (1.3, 36.2) | 1.6 (0.7, 3.2) |
| Abstainer/regular user | 1.2 (0.5, 3.3) | 2.0 (0.6, 7.0) | 2.2 (0.6, 7.4) | 15.5*** (1.9, 47.2) | 2.8* (1.2, 6.5) |
| Experimenter/regular user | 1.2 (0.4, 3.0) | 1.3 (0.5, 3.9) | 3.4* (0.9, 12.6) | 1.4 (0.5, 3.8) | 1.8 (0.8, 4.0) |
Note. DSM-IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition.18 OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.
*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.