TABLE 4.

Adjusted Odds Ratios and 98% Confidence Intervals by Racial/Ethnic Category, NSDUH 2005–2007 (Unweighted N =13,872).

Characteristic	Alcohol Use Disordera vs. Co-Occurring Alcohol and Marijuana Use Disorder	Marijuana Use Disordere vs. Co-Occurring Alcohol and Marijuana Use Disorder	Alcohol Use Disorder vs. Marijuana Use Disorder
	AORc (98% CI)d	AOR (98% CI)	AOR (98% CI)
White
Past Year
Major Depressive Episodef	0.76 [0.47, 1.23]	1.26 [0.70, 2.28]	0.60 [0.40, 0.90]*
STIg	0.54 [0.26, 1.13]	0.69 [0.30, 1.56]	0.79 [0.47, 1.33]
Arrest History	0.52 [0.34, 0.81]*	0.68 [0.42, 1.08]	0.77 [0.58, 1.02]
Treatment for Alcohol or Drugs	0.61 [0.32, 1.67]	0.75 [0.38, 1.50]	0.81 [0.54, 1.21]
African American
Past Year
Major Depressive Episode	0.26 [0.09, 0.71]*	0.24 [0.09, 0.65]*	1.07 [0.60, 1.89]
STI	4.67 [1.03, 21.12]*	4.38 [0.90, 21.29]	1.07 [0.35, 3.22]
Arrest History	0.47 [0.23, 0.98]*	0.75 [0.34, 1.67]	0.63 [0.35, 1.12]
Treatment for Alcohol or Drugs	0.99 [0.32, 3.01]	1.67 [0.61, 4.58]	0.59 [0.23, 1.49]
Hispanic
Past Year
Major Depressive Episode	0.65 [0.19, 2.15]	0.73 [0.19, 2.86]	0.88 [0.31, 2.50]
STI	1.35 [0.17, 10.73]	1.18 [0.12, 11.86]	1.14 [0.25, 5.23]
Arrest History	0.43 [0.18, 1.01]	0.70 [0.21, 2.35]	0.61 [0.27, 1.36]
Treatment for Alcohol or Drugs	0.49 [0.15, 1.56]	0.69 [0.20, 2.39]	0.71 [0.20, 2.48]

Notes:

^*p <.02

^aalcohol abuse and/or dependence

^bmeeting abuse or dependence criteria for both alcohol and marijuana

^cAOR = adjusted odds ratio (adjusted for gender, age, marital status, income, education, and cocaine use disorder)

^dCI = 98% confidence interval

^emarijuana abuse and/or dependence

^fdefined using the criteria listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994)

^gSTI = sexually transmitted infection