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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2014 Sep 28;41:51–57. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.09.030

Table 2.

Estimated transition probabilities and adjusted odds by grade and subtype of academic and behavior problems

Estimated Transition Probability AOR (95% CI)a
p-value

No problems Externalizing
Behavior
Problems
Academic and
Attention/
Concentration
Problems
Externalizing
vs.
No problems
Academic and
Attention/
Concentration
Problems
vs.
No Problems
Externalizing
vs.
Academic and
Attention/
Concentration
Problems
No involvement to
offered marijuana

6th to 7th 0.11 0.15 0.10 1.33 (0.66, 2.67)
p=0.422
0.90 (0.28, 2.83)
p=0.857
1.48 (0.43, 5.10)
p=0.534
7th to 8th 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.72 (0.35, 1.49)
p=0.376
0.44 (0.13, 1.54)
p=0.199
1.63 (0.42, 6.37)
p=0.482
8th to 9th 0.21 0.31 0.05 1.63 (0.79, 3.37)
p=0.187
0.22 (0.04, 1.21)
p=0.082
7.25 (1.25, 41.92)
p=0.027

No involvement to
use and problems

6th to 7th 0.02 0.05 0.07 2.37 (0.65, 8.59)
p=0.189
3.40 (0.78, 14.81)
p=0.103
0.70 (0.14, 3.41)
p=0.659
7th to 8th 0.01 0.09 0.08 10.83 (2.16, 54.39)
p=0.004
10.69 (1.73, 66.13)
p=0.011
1.01 (0.23, 4.39)
p=0.989
8th to 9th 0.04 0.09 0.19 1.96 (0.53, 7.18)
p=0.310
3.55 (0.99, 12.76)
p=0.052
0.55 (0.12, 2.60)
p=0.451

Offered marijuana to
use and problems

6th to 7th 0.27 0.18 0.17 0.65 (0.15, 2.79)
p=0.562
0.70 (0.10, 9.00)
p=0.784
0.95 (0.09, 10.49)
p=0.967
7th to 8th 0.11 0.06 0.00 0.34 (0.06, 1.86)
p=0.213
--b --b
8th to 9th 0.11 0.18 0.50 1.27 (0.18, 8.80)
p=0.809
5.99 (1.37, 26.12)
p=0.017
0.21 (0.04, 1.06)
p=0.059
a

Models adjusted for gender, intervention status, and free or reduced lunch status

b

Youth with academic and attention/concentration problems had a zero probability of transitioning from being offered marijuana to marijuana use and problems in 7th to 8th grades.