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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Jul 6;154:236–242. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.06.043

Table 2.

Examination of predictors of addiction resistance to alcohol, nicotine and cannabis.

Variable Alcohol
Nicotinea
Cannabis
Univariate Multivariate Univariate Multivariate Univariate Multivariate
FH ALC father −0.49 ± 0.07**** −0.24 ± 0.07*** −0.26 ± 0.09** −0.14 ± 0.10 −0.33 ± 0.08**** −0.18 ± 0.08*
FH ALC mother −0.49 ± 0.13**** −0.10 ± 0.13 −0.18 ± 0.16 +0.13 ± 0.18 +0.17 ± 0.13 +0.02 ± 0.14
FH DA father −0.78 ± 0.31* −1.04 ± 0.37** −0.73 ± 0.27**
FH DA mother −1.28 ± 0.28**** −0.28 ± 0.33 −0.83 ± 0.27**
Childhood sexual abuse −0.44 ± 0.09**** −0.12 ± 0.09 −0.14 ± 0.13 +0.07 ± 0.14 −0.32 ± 0.11** −0.15 ± 0.11
Mean parental warmth (z) +0.13 ± 0.03**** +0.04 ± 0.03 +0.12 ± 0.04** −0.04 ± 0.04 +0.15 ± 0.03**** +0.08 ± 0.04*
Lifetime MD −0.69 ± 0.06**** −0.31 ± 0.07**** −0.50 ± 0.08**** −0.27 ± 0.10** −0.50 ± 0.07**** −0.29 ± 0.08***
Lifetime GAD −0.77 ± 0.07**** −0.34 ± 0.08**** −0.59 ± 0.09**** −0.34 ± 0.11** −0.56 ± 0.08**** −0.24 ± 0.09*
Number of CD criteria −0.25 ± 0.02**** −0.05 ± 0.02 −0.17 ± 0.03**** −0.08 ± 0.03* −0.16 ± 0.02**** −0.09 ± 0.03***
Number of ASPD criteria −0.44 ± 0.02**** −0.38 ± 0.02**** −0.18 ± 0.03**** −0.10 ± 0.03** −0.18 ± 0.02**** −0.09 ± 0.02***
Novelty seeking # items −0.04 ± 0.01**** −0.00 ± 0.01 −0.03 ± 0.01* −0.00 ± 0.01 −0.04 ± 0.01**** −0.02 ± 0.01

FH – family history; ALC – alcohol use disorders; DA – drug abuse; MD – major depression; GAD – generalized anxiety disorder; CD – conduct disorder; ASPD – antisocial personality disorder.

Alcohol – N for univariate 5001–6025 (except for FH of DA – n = 4001), for multivariate 4500.

Nicotine – N for univariate analyses 3260–3640 (except for FH of DA – n = 2686), for multivariate n = 2950.

Nicotine – N for univariate analyses 2207–2450 (except for FH of DA – n = 1901), for multivariate n = 2050.

*

p < 0.05.

**

p < 0.01.

***

p < 0.001.

****

p < 0.0001.

a

including weight as a covariate.