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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Feb 7.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2006 May 19;32(2):248–264. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.03.045

Table 2.

Co-occurrence of disruptive behaviors (DB) and past month drug use: Adolescents participating in the United States National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1994b–1996

Subgroupsa n Any drug useb
Alcohol use
Tobacco cigarette use
Inhalant use
Marijuana use
% OR (95% CI) % OR (95% CI) % OR (95% CI) % OR (95% CI) % OR (95% CI)
DB Class 1 4632 14.9 1.0 10.1 1.0 8.2 1.0 0.4 1.0 2.5 1.0
DB Class 2 5810 29.7 2.4 (2.2, 2.7) 21.0 2.4 (2.1, 2.7) 17.4 2.3 (2.1, 2.7) 1.2 3.4 (2.0, 5.8) 6.5 2.7 (2.2, 3.3)
DB Class 3 2128 54.4 6.8 (6.1, 7.7) 39.6 5.8 (5.1, 6.7) 37.4 6.7 (5.8, 7.7) 6.2 17.8 (10.7, 29.6) 18.7 8.9 (7.2, 11.0)
Missing 1261 28.2 2.2 (1.9, 2.6) 20.2 2.3 (1.9, 2.7) 17.4 2.3 (2.0, 2.8) 1.4 3.7 (1.9, 7.3) 7.8 3.2 (2.5, 4.3)
Gender
DB Class 1 F 2206 13.2 1.0 9.2 1.0 6.9 1.0 0.1 1.0 1.9 1.0
DB Class 1 M 2426 16.4 1.3 (1.1, 1.5) 10.9 1.2 (1.0, 1.5) 9.4 1.4 (1.1, 1.7) 0.6 4.3 (1.2, 14.8) 3.1 1.7 (1.2, 2.5)
DB Class 2 F 3193 28.2 2.6 (2.2, 3.0) 19.8 2.4 (2.1, 2.9) 16.7 2.7 (2.2, 3.2) 1.2 8.6 (2.6, 27.9) 5.6 3.2 (2.2, 4.4)
DB Class 2 M 2617 31.4 3.0 (2.6, 3.5) 22.5 2.9 (2.4, 3.4) 18.2 3.0 (2.5, 3.6) 1.3 9.9 (3.0, 32.4) 7.6 4.3 (3.1, 6.1)
DB Class 3 F 886 58.1 9.1 (7.6, 10.9) 42.0 7.2 (5.9, 8.7) 40.4 9.1 (7.4, 11.2) 7.3 58.1 (18.2, 185.5) 20.2 13.4 (9.4, 19.0)
DB Class 3 M 1242 51.8 7.0 (6.0, 8.3) 37.8 6.0 (5.0, 7.3) 35.3 7.3 (6.0, 8.9) 5.3 41.2 (12.9, 131.3) 17.6 11.3 (8.0, 15.9)
Age
DB Class 1 12/13 1794 4.8 1.0 2.7 1.0 2.8 1.0 0.4 1.0 0.6 1.0
DB Class 1 14/15 1441 14.6 3.4 (2.6, 4.4) 10.0 3.9 (2.8, 5.5) 7.8 2.9 (2.1, 4.1) 0.1 0.4 (0.1, 1.7) 21.0 3.8 (1.8, 7.9)
DB Class 1 16/17 1397 28.1 7.6 (6.0, 9.8) 19.5 8.6 (6.3, 11.8) 15.6 6.4 (4.7, 8.8) 0.6 1.5 (0.5, 4.1) 5.5 10.4 (5.4, 20.2)
DB Class 2 12/13 1715 10.8 2.4 (1.8, 3.1) 6.0 2.3 (1.6, 3.2) 6.8 2.5 (1.8, 3.5) 0.8 1.9 (0.8, 4.9) 0.9 1.6 (0.7, 3.5)
DB Class 2 14/15 2059 28.9 8.0 (6.3, 10.1) 19.2 8.5 (6.2, 11.5) 16.2 6.8 (5.0, 9.1) 1.1 2.9 (1.2, 6.7) 5.6 10.6 (5.5, 20.2)
DB Class 2 16/17 2036 46.3 16.9 (13.4, 21.3) 35.4 19.5 (14.5, 26.3) 27.4 13.2 (9.8, 17.7) 1.8 4.6 (2.0, 10.3) 12.2 24.7 (13.1, 46.7)
DB Class 3 12/13 616 34.3 10.2 (7.8, 13.4) 21.8 9.9 (7.0, 13.9) 23.4 10.6 (7.6, 14.9) 5.8 15.8 (7.0, 35.8) 7.3 14.0 (7.0, 28.1)
DB Class 3 14/15 828 54.0 23.0 (17.8, 29.7) 38.4 22.2 (16.2, 30.5) 36.8 20.3 (14.8, 27.9) 6.5 17.8 (8.1, 39.3) 19.0 41.7 (21.9, 79.6)
DB Class 3 16/17 684 73.1 53.3 (40.5, 70.1) 57.0 47.2 (34.2, 65.2) 50.7 35.9 (26.1, 49.4) 6.0 16.3 (7.3, 36.5) 28.6 71.6 (37.6, 136.3)

Note: National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, now known as National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Gender: F = female, M = male.

a

Classes of disruptive behavior based on the 24 Youth Self-Report (YSR) items consistent with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder. DB Class 1 = low disruptive behaviors, DB Class 2 = intermediate disruptive behaviors, and DB Class 3 = high disruptive behaviors.

b

Any use of alcohol, tobacco cigarettes, inhalants, or marijuana in the 30-days preceding the assessment.