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. 2013 Jul 24;15(12):2094–2099. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntt102

Table 2.

Multivariate-Adjusted Logistic Regression Model Examining Marijuana Use Among Adolescents

Variable Marijuana use
Lifetime Past 30 days
Study 1 Study 1 Study 2
Smokers (n = 111) and nonsmokers (n = 726) Smokers only (n = 111) Smokers (n = 111) and nonsmokers (n = 726) Smokers only (n = 111) Smokers only (n = 132)
OR (95% CI)
Gender
    Male (reference group)
    Female 0.67 (0.48, 0.93) 0.49 (0.13, 1.89) 0.72 (0.49, 1.06) 1.86 (0.73, 4.74) 1.02 (0.45, 2.30)
Age
    ≤13–14 (reference group)
    15–16 1.96 (1.08, 3.53) 1.08 (0.17, 6.91) 1.54 (0.78, 3.05) 0.42 (0.07, 2.36) 1.63 (0.31, 8.45)
    ≥17 3.24 (1.76, 5.97) 0.84 (0.12, 6.147) 2.53 (1.26, 5.11) 0.33 (0.06, 2.01) 1.42 (0.29, 6.97)
Race (%)
    White (reference group)
    Black 2.18 (0.73, 6.52) 1.69 (0.47, 6.15)
    Hispanic 0.57 (0.31, 1.06) 0.50 (0.07, 3.36) 0.83 (0.43, 1.61) 0.95 (0.20, 4.46)
    Other 1.17 (0.70, 1.96) 0.39 (0.05, 2.95) 0.89 (0.47, 1.67) 0.43 (0.10, 1.73)
Smoker type (sporadic vs. daily, smokers only) 9.21 (0.42, 203.37) 1.16 (0.29, 4.65)
Smoker (vs. nonsmoker) 10.91 (6.11, 19.47) 10.44 (6.22, 17.51)
Number of cigarettes smoked in the past 30 days (%)
    Up to 5 cigs/day (reference group)
    6–10 cigs/day 4.59 (0.56, 37.56) 0.30 (0.01, 8.13) 1.15 (0.38, 3.48) 0.47 (0.09, 2.49) 1.36 (0.05, 40.47)
    1–1.5 pack/day 1.31 (0.30, 5.78) 2.39 (0.18, 31.59) 1.85 (0.09, 34.82)
    2 or more packs/day 11.99 (1.18, 122.15) 0.06 (0.01, 3.41) 24.81 (2.52, 244.17) 1.61 (0.10, 25.52) 1.65 (0.09, 31.96)
Menthol cigarette use (smokers only) 5.05 (1.05, 24.25) 1.60 (0.58, 4.42) 2.44 (1.10, 5.42)

Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence intervals. Bold values indicate statistically significant values, p < .05