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. 2014 May;204(5):346–353. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.134452

Table 1.

Any psychotic experience(s) by demographic and social characteristics, common mental disorder and cannabis usea

Any psychotic experience(s) (n = 315)
Total n (%) Yes, n (%) Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR (95% CI)b
Gender
    Male 734 (33.4) 147 (19.1) 1.00 1.00
    Female
946 (66.6)
168 (17.2)
0.88
0.88 (0.69-1.13)
Age, years
    16-29 572 (28.7) 126 (21.9) 1.45 1.39 (1.06-1.81)
    30 and above
1108 (71.2)
189 (16.2)
1.00
1.00
Ethnicity
    White British 1043 (63.7) 169 (14.8) 1.00 1.00
    Other
636 (36.3)
145 (23.1)
1.72
1.67 (1.27-2.19)
Education
    No qualifications 223 (16.7) 51 (21.1) 1.00 1.00
    GCSEs 327 (20.1) 66 (18.3) 0.84 0.70 (0.45-1.09)
    A-levels 420 (23.6) 98 (23.3) 1.12 0.91 (0.59-1.40)
    University
691 (39.7)
94 (12.8)
0.55
0.52 (0.34-0.78)
Social classc
    I and II 505 (28.4) 66 (12.6) 1.00 1.00
    IIINM and IIIM 275 (15.3) 50 (17.1) 1.43 1.22 (0.79-1.89)
    IV and V 164 (10.0) 28 (16.8) 1.39 1.23 (0.74-2.05)
    Unclassified: unemployed 162 (9.1) 53 (32.1) 3.28 2.93 (1.87-4.58)
    Unclassified: other
538 (37.2)
110 (20.5)
1.60
1.44 (1.00-4.58)
Cannabis use
    Never used 855 (55.2) 141 (15.6) 1.00 1.00
    Used, not in past year 525 (29.6) 87 (16.2) 1.05 1.26 (0.92-1.75)
    Used in past year
300 (15.1)
87 (29.6)
2.28
2.47 (1.73-3.53)
Any common mental disorder
    No 1231 (72.9) 145 (10.9) 1.00 1.00
    Yes
444 (27.2)
168 (36.5)
4.70
4.99 (3.75-6.62)
Common mental disorder
    No 1233 (73.0)d 146 (11.0) 1.00 1.00
    Mixed anxiety and depression 127 (7.7) 45 (33.6) 4.11 4.43 (2.89-6.81)
    Depression 188 (11.8) 76 (40.3) 5.49 5.84 (4.04-8.46)
    Anxiety related 127 (7.5) 46 (36.2) 4.00 4.23 (2.80-6.41)
a.

All percentages are weighted. Results in bold signify P<0.05.

b.

Adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity (as appropriate).

c.

Registrar General’s Classification Social class: I professional, II managerial/technical, III(NM) Skilled (non-manual), III(M) skilled (manual), IV semi-skilled, V unskilled.

d.

Includes two people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.