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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2015 May;39(5):872–879. doi: 10.1111/acer.12698

Table 4.

Adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals from multivariable logistic regressions comparing drunk driving, social consequences, and harms to self among simultaneous vs. concurrent alcohol/cannabis users, controlling for demographic variables

Alcohol-Related Problem Outcomes
Predictors Drunk driving Consequences Harms
Simultaneous use (vs. Concurrent use) 2.04 (1.07, 3.89)* 1.62 (0.75, 3.52) 1.67 (0.85, 3.31)
Gender
 Male (vs. Female)

0.94 (0.54, 1.62)

0.77 (0.41, 1.41)

1.09 (0.61, 1.94)
Age (vs. 18–29)
 30–49
 50+

1.05 (0.56, 1.97)
1.39 (0.65, 2.98)

0.85 (0.43, 1.70)
0.41 (0.16, 1.03)

0.73 (0.40, 1.33)
0.50 (0.23, 1.09)
Race/ethnicity (vs. White)
 African American
 Hispanic
 Other

0.75 (0.33, 1.73)
1.70 (0.67, 4.30)
0.99 (0.26, 3.82)

2.06 (0.87, 4.89)
1.62 (0.59, 4.42)
0.67 (0.20, 2.20)

2.39 (1.08, 5.29)*
1.34 (0.51, 3.52)
1.80 (0.57, 5.67)
Education (vs. < High school)
 HS graduate

7.26 (1.33, 39.59)*

1.03 (0.27, 3.91)

1.13 (0.36, 3.57)
Employment (vs. Unemployed)
 Employed

2.98 (1.64, 5.40)*

1.15 (0.59, 2.22)

0.51 (0.28, 0.92)*
Relationship status (vs. Partnered)
 Not partnered

1.85 (1.01, 3.37)*

1.16 (0.63, 2.12)

0.88 (0.49, 1.58)
Five or more drinks in a day (vs. Never)
 Less than monthly in past year
 Monthly or more frequent in past year

2.19 (1.07, 4.50)*
3.32 (1.35, 8.17)*

1.87 (0.71, 4.91)
2.62 (0.90, 7.58)

3.33 (1.51, 7.34)*
4.61 (1.79, 11.90)*
Average daily # drinks 1.15 (1.02, 1.28)* 1.45 (1.28, 1.63)* 1.32 (1.17, 1.49)*
Cannabis use frequency (vs. weekly or more)
 1×/2–3 weeks
 1×/1–2 months
 Less often than 1×/1–2 months

1.58 (0.61, 4.06)
0.96 (0.43, 2.17)
0.83 (0.45, 1.54)

1.49 (0.54, 4.06)
1.91 (0.76, 4.77)
1.54 (0.71, 3.36)

0.76 (0.32, 1.84)
2.13 (0.96, 4.75)
1.46 (0.74, 2.88)
*

P < .05

Concurrent users n = 248; Simultaneous users n = 449