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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aggress Behav. 2013 Jun 27;39(6):440–452. doi: 10.1002/ab.21493

Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratios (Confidence Intervals) or Regression Coefficients (Confidence Intervals) for Membership in Trajectory of Delinquent Behavior to Predict Problems with Substance Use, Violent Behavior, Partner Relations, Peer Functioning, and Neighborhood Characteristics at T4.

Dependent variables
Delinquent
Behavior
Trajectory
Group
(Independent
Variable)
Odds ratios Regression coefficients
Substance use Violent behavior Partner
relations
Peer characteristics Neighborhood
characteristics
Marijuana Dependence on
illegal drugs other
than marijuana
Violence toward others Discord Marijuana use Illegal drug
use other than
marijuana
Neighborhood
crime and
deterioration
Abuse Dependence
High
Persistent
Vs. No/Low
3.86
(1.29, 11.55)
3.13
(1.05, 9.37)
4.90
(0.88, 27.19)
6.22
(4.97, 7.47)
1.56
(0.12, 3.00)
0.08
(−0.38, 0.54)
0.66
(0.29, 1.03)
1.45
(−0.86, 3.76)
p value .02 .04 .07 <.001 .03 .73 <.001 .22
Moderate
Persistent
Vs. No/Low
3.94
(2.06, 7.51)
2.54
(1.31, 4.91)
4.60
(1.46, 14.48)
3.16
(2.51, 3.81)
1.66
(0.92, 2.41)
0.49
(0.25, 0.73)
0.55
(0.36, 0.74)
2.16
(0.96, 3.12)
p value <.001 <.01 <.01 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001
Decreasing
Vs. No/Low
1.83
(0.66, 5.04)
2.25
(0.85, 5.97)
7.44
(1.86, 29.76)
0.65
(−0.35, 1.65)
1.18
(0.03, 2.33)
−0.01
(−0.37, 0.35)
0.34
(0.05, 0.63)
1.29
(−0.55, 3.12)
p value .24 .10 <.01 .20 .04 .95 .02 .17

Note

1.

Each analysis was controlled for gender and ethnicity. The outcomes in the substance use domain had an additional control variable of marijuana or other illegal drug use at T2. Peer marijuana use and peer other illegal drug use at T4 also had an additional control variable of peer marijuana use or peer other illegal drug use at T2, respectively.

2.

The number of participants in the high persistent group=18, moderate persistent group=90, decreasing group=34, no/low group=696.

3.

We used T4 (mean age of 29) as the sampling base. Among T4 participants (N=838), there are 838 participants who participated in the longitudinal study at least twice from 1990 (T1) onwards. Among T4 participants, 71% participated in at least 3 points.