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. 2015 Apr 7;16:84–92. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2015.03.003

Table 2.

Healthy controls vs early MJ onset vs late MJ onset one-way ANOVA results.

Variable
Mean (SD)
Healthy controls Early MJ onset (before age 16) Late MJ onset (age 16 or after) Sig 2-tailed
p 2)
Sheffé comparisons sig 2-tailedp
E vs HC L vs HC E vs L
N 34 (21 M, 13 F) 24 (21 M, 3 F) 26 (21 M, 5 F)
Handedness 32R, 2L 21R, 3L 25R, 1L
% Caucasian 65.00% 73.33% 66.67%
Age 24.47 (6.49) 23.67 (7.26) 24.27 (6.79) NS NS NS NS
Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) 123.15 (10.94) 115.38 (17.02) 119.58 (12.93) NS NS NS NS
Past month days of alcohol use 5.35 (5.56) 5.92 (5.01) 6.06 (6.05) NS NS NS NS
FTNDa 0.00 (0.00) 0.29 (0.91) 0.08 (0.39) NS NS NS NS
MJ age of onset (years) 14.17 (1.31) 17.58 (1.94) <.001(.521)
MJ smokes/week 24.51 (21.25) 13.53 (7.74) .022(.109)
MJ grams/week 14.57 (16.97) 5.64 (4.54) .016(.119)
MJ duration of use (years) 9.50 (7.80) 6.69 (5.68) NS
Urinary THC concentration 784.63 (1430.96) 620.22 (916.38) NS

BIS-11b Sig 1-tailed
p 2)
Sheffé comparisons sig 1-tailedp

Attention 14.61 (0.56) 16.81 (0.68) 16.52 (0.63) .012(.097) .026 .042 NS
Motor 19.58 (0.83) 22.91 (1.01) 22.36 (0.92) .011(.099) .023 .045 NS
Non-planning 23.19 (0.85) 26.67 (1.04) 26.56 (0.96) .006(.113) .021 .019 NS
Total 57.39 (1.75) 66.38 (2.14) 65.44 (1.96) .001(.158) .004 .007 NS

Stroop Color Word Test Sig 1-tailed
p 2)
Sheffé comparisons sig 1-tailedp

Color naming
Percent accuracy 94.28 (5.68) 91.59 (10.54) 92.98 (8.02) NS NS NS NS
Omissions 4.53 (5.79) 7.38 (11.22) 6.08 (8.86) NS NS NS NS
Commissions 2.09 (2.31) 2.71 (2.48) 2.35 (2.33) NS NS NS NS



Word reading
Percent accuracy 99.07 (1.81) 97.95 (3.31) 98.37 (2.51) NS NS NS NS
Omissions 0.56 (1.31) 1.04 (2.68) 0.77 (1.61) NS NS NS NS
Commissions 0.38 (0.82) 1.42 (1.95) 1.19 (1.63) .011(.091) .018 NS NS



Interference
Percent accuracy 96.69 (5.33) 88.88 (14.31) 95.72 (7.06) .003(.212) .005 NS .019
Omissions 0.79 (1.61) 4.42 (7.96) 1.46 (3.14) .007(.099) .010 NS .046
Commissions 1.59 (2.86) 3.46 (3.82) 1.58 (2.34) .021(.075) .037 NS .048
a

Fagerstrom Test For Nicotine Dependence.

b

Barratt Impulsiveness Scale.