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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Jan 25;88(Suppl 1):S38–S49. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.12.014

Table 3.

Multinomial Logistic Regression Using Early Adolescent Psychopathology to Predict Lifetime Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Dependence Diagnoses by Young Adulthood.

Alcohol Abuse Only Alcohol Dependence
RRR 95% CI z p RRR 95% CI z p
Step 1
   Age  .763  .547 − 1.066 −1.584 .113  .676  .468 − .977 −2.083 .037
   Minority Status  .702  .425 − 1.160 −1.384 .166  .674  .393 − 1.156 −1.433 .152
   Family Socioeconomic Status  .998  .977 − 1.018  −.236 .813  .997  .977 − 1.016  −.313 .754
   Parent Alcohol/Drug Problems 1.273  .708 − 2.289   .805 .421 1.212  .687 − 2.136   .663 .507
   Child's Prior Alcohol Use 1.578  .940 − 2.649  1.724 .085 1.377  .829 − 2.289  1.236 .216
   Child's Prior Alcohol Problems  .639  .225 − 1.817  −.841 .400 1.257  .507 − 3.117   .494 .621
   CD Symptoms 1.147  .831 − 1.581   .834 .404 1.448 1.045 − 2.004  2.223 .026
   ADHD Symptoms 1.053  .782 − 1.419   .340 .734 1.108  .846 − 1.454   .748 .454
   Depression 1.057  .786 − 1.422   .366 .714 1.121  .846 − 1.486   .798 .425
   Anxiety/Withdrawal  .814  .610 − 1.085 −1.402 .161  .674  .512 − .890 −2.793 .005
Step 2
   CD X ADHD  .898  .662  −  1.218  −.696 .486 1.021  .763  −  1.368   .145 .885
   CD X Depression 1.536 1.076  −  2.192  2.359 .018 1.419 1.100  −  1.831  2.688 .007
   CD X Anxiety/Withdrawal 1.138  .826  −  1.567   .789 .430 1.048  .795  −  1.384   .335 .738

Note. The contrast group is participants without a lifetime diagnosis of alcohol abuse or dependence. RRR = Relative risk ratio; CI = confidence interval.