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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011 Aug;19(8):695–703. doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181f17f0a

TABLE 3.

Predictors of Prior-30 Day Cannabis Use, Sedatives Misuse, and Prior-Year Heavy Episodic Drinking (N = 154)

OR 95% CI p
30-day cannabis use
 Age (≥70 versus <70 years) 0.14 0.003-1.18 0.0837
 Married 5.39 0.60-269.89 0.1982
 Female gender 3.19 0.65-18.51 0.1852
 Health (fair/poor) 0.63 0.11-3.16 0.7631
 Higher BDI-II scorea 15.75 1.96-733.98 0.0034
30-day sedative misuse
 Age (≥70 versus <70 years) 1.56 0.45-5.14 0.5811
 Marriedb 0.27 0.08-0.84 0.0210
 Female gender 1.43 0.44-4.62 0.6697
 Health (fair/poor) 1.13 0.35-3.81 1.0000
 Higher BDI-II score 1.90 0.56-6.51 0.3616
Prior-year heavy episodic drinking
 Age (≥70 versus <70 years) 1.51 0.66-3.39 0.3751
 Married 0.90 0.41-2.05 0.9238
 Female gender 1.27 0.57-2.81 0.6420
 Health (fair/poor) 0.84 0.38-1.85 0.7682
 Higher BDI-II score 0.89 0.39-2.03 0.9269

Notes: Exact logistic regression was used in the analyses. p values reported are exact. “Married”: married or partnered versus single, never married, widowed, or divorced; OR: not married vs. married; “Health (fair/poor)”: fair or poor self-reported health versus excellent, very good, or good.

a

p <0.01.

b

p <0.05.