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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012 Jan 21;124(1-2):128–134. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.12.023

Table 1.

Associations between Lifetime Cannabis Abuse and Cannabis Dependence with Other Lifetime Psychiatric Disorders

Other psychiatric disorders Cannabis Abuse Cannabis Dependence OR 95% CI Frequency (%total sample)
n=2767; %=84.67 n=530; %=15.33
% SE % SE
Social Anxiety Disorder 8.52 0.69 21.31 2.34 2.91 2.1 4.03 4.97
Other Anxiety Disorder* 23.90 1.03 43.27 2.67 2.43 1.88 3.14 14.87
 GAD 6.95 0.57 20.76 2.59 3.51 2.46 5.00 4.14
 Panic Disorder 9.68 0.75 22.44 2.31 2.7 1.97 3.7 5.07
 Specific Phobia 14.58 0.90 27.18 2.86 2.19 1.58 3.04 9.39
Nicotine Dependence 48.25 1.23 69.64 2.58 2.46 1.92 3.15 17.72
Alcohol Use Disorder 80.34 0.97 87.99 1.78 1.79 1.26 2.55 30.28
Other Drug Use Disorder** 37.17 1.19 56.80 2.55 2.22 1.77 2.78 5.27
Any Mood Disorder 33.22 1.16 56.95 2.85 2.66 2.06 3.43 18.33
Psychotic Disorder 2.23 0.38 4.98 1.41 2.3 1.13 4.68 0.78
Any Personality Disorder 31.26 1.14 61.52 2.63 3.52 2.77 4.47 14.80
Conduct Disorder 2.00 0.33 2.74 0.90 1.39 0.65 2.95 1.05
Pathological Gambling 1.38 0.28 1.99 0.62 1.45 0.66 3.19 0.42

Note. Cannabis abuse was the reference group. Predictors were entered simultaneously to identify unique predictors of CUD. Bolded ORs and CIs illustrate significant relationships.

*

Other Anxiety Disorder includes GAD, Panic Disorder, and Specific Phobia.

**

Other drug use disorders include sedative, tranquilizer, opioid, amphetamine, cocaine, hallucinogen, inhalant/solvent, heroin, and other drugs (excluding cannabis, alcohol, and nicotine).