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. 2009 Jul 7;339:b2534. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2534

Table 5.

 Outcomes at follow-up 1 and 2 stratified by sex. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise

Outcomes Young women Young men Unadjusted odds ratio* (95% CI); P value Adjusted odds ratio† (95% CI); P value Weighted‡ adjusted odds ratio† (95% CI); P value
Inter-vention Compa-rison Inter-vention Compa-rison Young women Young men Young women Young men Young women Young men
First follow-up
Temporary school exclusion in previous 6 months 97/294 (33) 31/211 (15) 168/447 (38) 68/203 (34) 2.86 (1.28 to 6.39); 0.01 1.20 (0.72 to 1.98); 0.48 3.65 (1.16 to 11.43); 0.03 1.10 (0.59 to 2.04); 0.76 3.38 (1.14 to 10.1); 0.03 1.07 (0.55 to 2.12); 0.83
Often angry in previous few weeks 222/404 (55) 136/285 (48) 250/644 (39) 139/314 (44) 1.34 (0.93 to 1.93); 0.12 0.80 (0.59 to 1.08); 0.14 1.05 (0.59 to 1.85); 0.87 0.76 (0.52 to 1.11); 0.16 1.17 (0.67 to 2.03); 0.57 0.81 (0.56 to 1.17); 0.25
Expects to be/already parent by age 20 131/390 (34) 66/278 (24) 208/620 (34) 110/301 (37) 1.62 (1.04 to 2.54); 0.03 0.88 (0.57 to 1.34); 0.53 1.61 (1.07 to 2.43); 0.02 0.95 (0.60 to 1.52); 0.84 1.61 (1.07 to 2.41); 0.02 0.92 (0.56 to 1.50); 0.73
Second follow-up
Cannabis used weekly or more 32/223 (14) 14/184 (8) 56/333 (17) 24/154 (16) 2.03 (0.82 to 5.04); 0.12 1.10 (0.48 to 2.51); 0.83 1.33 (0.47 to 3.83); 0.58 1.74 (0.65 to 4.67); 0.26 2.27 (0.71 to 7.33); 0.16 2.50 (0.86 to 7.28); 0.09
Truancy in previous 3 months 29/110 (26) 8/88 (9) 29/160 (18) 16/78 (21) 3.58 (1.31 to 9.75); 0.01 0.86 (0.29 to 2.54); 0.78 1.90 (0.62 to 5.83); 0.25 1.62 (0.20 to 12.99); 0.64 3.19 (0.82 to 12.50); 0.09 0.90 (0.10 to 7.88); 0.92
Temporary school exclusion in previous 3 months 17/129 (13) 5/95 (5) 25/185 (14) 15/81 (19) 2.73 (0.75 to 9.92); 0.12 0.66 (0.32 to 1.35); 0.25 3.15 (0.46 to 21.49); 0.23 0.63 (0.23 to 1.76); 0.37 4.35 (0.66 to 28.7); 0.12 0.64 (0.19 to 2.18); 0.46
Contact with police 61/225 (27) 38/180 (21) 135/328 (41) 67/152 (44) 1.39 (0.78 to 2.48); 0.26 0.89 (0.50 to 1.58); 0.68 0.98 (0.44 to 2.15); 0.96 0.73 (0.38 to 1.42); 0.35 0.88 (0.41 to 1.91); 0.75 0.83 (0.41 to 1.64); 0.58
Official warnings or convictions 45/226 (20) 23/182 (13) 95/330 (29) 38/153 (25) 1.72 (0.88 to 3.37); 0.11 1.22 (0.59 to 2.53); 0.58 1.65 (0.74 to 3.72); 0.22 1.36 (0.61 to 3.07); 0.45 1.54 (0.69 to 3.45); 0.28 1.72 (0.71 to 4.18); 0.22
Heterosexual sex before age 16 127/220 (58) 60/180 (33) 167/317 (53) 70/146 (48) 2.73 (1.42 to 5.24); <0.01 1.21 (0.55 to 2.65); 0.63 2.53 (1.09 to 5.92); 0.03 1.04 (0.46 to 2.40); 0.91 3.48 (1.49 to 8.12); <0.01 1.39 (0.59 to 3.31); 0.45
Of those with heterosexual experience, ≥2 sexual partners in previous 3 months 25/147 (17) 9/86 (10) 76/196 (39) 33/80 (41) 1.75 (0.66 to 4.69); 0.26 0.90 (0.56 to 1.45); 0.67 0.76 (0.26 to 2.27); 0.62 1.11 (0.51 to 2.40); 0.78 1.33 (0.35 to 5.10); 0.67 1.05 (0.47 to 2.37); 0.90
Often worry in previous few weeks 186/219 (85) 143/176 (81) 201/321 (63) 98/148 (66) 1.30 (0.82 to 2.07); 0.26 0.85 (0.56 to 1.30); 0.46 1.29 (0.79 to 2.11); 0.29 0.91 (0.60 to 1.39); 0.66 1.77 (0.98 to 3.19); 0.06 0.83 (0.53 to 1.29); 0.40

*Adjusted for cluster only.

†Adjusted for baseline variables: housing type, living in non-paid work household, living in lone parent household, ethnicity, dislike of school, truanting, temporary and permanent school exclusions, heterosexual sexual experience, and alcohol use; also adjusted for age, gender, and pupil referral unit attendance at follow-up.

‡Weighted for missing returns at each follow-up and adjusted for above variables.

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