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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2012 Jul 18;43(4):813–823. doi: 10.1017/S0033291712001493

Table 3.

Results of Cox proportional hazards regression analyses predicting transition time from initiation of cannabis use to onset of first cannabis use disorder (CUD) symptoma

Base model
HR (95% CI)
Model with
covariates
HR (95% CI)
Alcohol use 2.73 (1.78–4.17)* 1.95 (1.27–2.99)*
Order of initiationb
  Cannabis first 1.41 (1.07–1.87)* 1.44 (1.08–1.93)*
  Same age 0.91 (0.64–1.28) 0.89 (0.61–1.29)
  No alcohol 1.43 (0.59–3.48) 1.26 (0.51–3.09)
AA ethnicity 1.27 (0.94–1.70) 1.59 (1.13–2.24)*
Maternal alcohol problems 1.52 (1.20–1.91)* 1.27 (0.99–1.63)
Paternal alcohol problems 1.19 (0.94–1.49) 1.01 (0.80–1.28)
Childhood physical abuse
or neglect (CPAN)
1.09 (0.86–1.39)
Childhood sexual abuse
(CSA)
1.40 (1.11–1.77)*
Major depressive disorder
(MDD)
1.30 (1.03–1.65)*
Conduct disorder (CD) 1.82 (1.41–2.35)*
Regular smoking 2.04 (1.58–2.64)*

AA, African-American; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.

a

Adjusted for age at time of symptom report, age at first use, sampling design, and proportional hazards violations.

b

Alcohol first as reference group.

*

p < 0.05.