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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2004 Sep;114(3):e300–e306. doi: 10.1542/peds.2003-0626-F

TABLE 3.

Association Between Pubertal Stage and Substance Use Among 5725 School Students, 10 to 15 Years of Age, Stratified According to Age

Age, y OR (95% CI)
Lifetime Substance Use
Recent Substance Use
Substance Abuse
Midpuberty Late Puberty Midpuberty Late Puberty Midpuberty Late Puberty
10 2.1 (1.2-3.5) 2.0 (0.6-6.4)
11 2.8 (1.7-4.5) 7.3 (2.8-19)
12 1.2 (0.8-1.9) 2.9 (1.7-4.9) 1.3 (0.8-2.1) 2.2 (1.3-3.6) 1.8 (0.9-3.8) 3.2 (1.4-7.3)
13 2.0 (1.2-3.2) 2.9 (1.6-5.3) 1.2 (0.7-2.1) 1.4 (0.8-2.5) 2.3 (1.0-5.2) 2.8 (1.2-6.7)
14 1.3 (0.6-2.6) 1.6 (0.8-3.3) 1.9 (0.8-4.4) 2.7 (1.1-6.4) 3.2 (1.0-10) 5.5 (1.7-17)
15 2.3 (0.6-8.8) 3.7 (1.9-15) 1.7 (0.5-6.0) 2.5 (0.7-9.4) 1.0 (0.2-4.0) 1.3 (0.2-4.8)
Overall 1.7 (1.4-2.1) 3.0 (2.3-4.0) 1.3 (1.0-1.8) 1.9 (1.4-2.7) 2.0 (1.3-3.1) 3.0 (2.0-4.6)