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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2015 Sep;29(3):633–638. doi: 10.1037/adb0000110

Table 2.

Associations between lifetime trauma and cannabis phenotypes

Odds Ratio 95% CI p
Model 1: Association between lifetime trauma exposure and cannabis use (n=34,396)
Level One Odds Ratio 95% CI p
 Sex (1=male, 2=female) 0.653 0.653–0.654 < .001
 Age 0.965 0.965–0.965 < .001
 Race/Ethnicity (0: white, 1: non-white) 0.582 0.582–0.583 < .001
 Lifetime Major Depression 1.381 1.380–1.383 < .001
 Lifetime Generalized Anxiety Disorder 1.080 1.079–1.082 < .001
 Lifetime Social Anxiety Disorder 1.155 1.153–1.157 < .001
 Lifetime Panic Disorder 1.192 1.190–1.193 < .001
 Lifetime Alcohol Dependence 4.386 4.382–4.390 < .001
 Lifetime Personality Disorder 1.624 1.622–1.625 < .001
Level Two
 Lifetime trauma (0=no trauma, 1=trauma) 1.215 1.214–1.216 < .001
Model 2: Association between lifetime trauma exposure and CUD among lifetime cannabis users (n=7,438)
Level One Odds Ratio 95% CI p
 Sex (1=male, 2=female) 0.513 0.512–0.514 < .001
 Age 0.983 0.983–0.984 < .001
 Race/Ethnicity (0: white, 1: non-white) 0.959 0.957–0.960 < .001
 Lifetime Major Depression 1.235 1.233–1.237 < .001
 Lifetime Generalized Anxiety Disorder 1.154 1.151–1.157 < .001
 Lifetime Social Anxiety Disorder 1.031 1.029–1.033 < .001
 Lifetime Panic Disorder 1.285 1.282–1.288 < .001
 Lifetime Alcohol Dependence 2.152 2.149–2.155 < .001
 Lifetime Personality Disorder 1.547 1.545–1.550 < .001
Level Two
 Lifetime trauma (0=no trauma, 1=trauma) 0.997 0.996–0.999 < .001
Model 3: Association between lifetime PTSD and cannabis use among trauma-exposed individuals (n=12,305)
Level One Odds Ratio 95% CI p
 Sex (1=male, 2=female) 0.666 0.665–0.667 < .001
 Age 0.961 0.961–0.961 < .001
 Race/Ethnicity (0: white, 1: non-white) 0.670 0.669–0.671 < .001
 Trauma Load 1.130 1.130–1.131 < .001
 Lifetime Major Depression 1.236 1.234–1.238 < .001
 Lifetime Generalized Anxiety Disorder 0.959 0.957–0.961 < .001
 Lifetime Social Anxiety Disorder 1.173 1.170–1.175 < .001
 Lifetime Panic Disorder 1.092 1.090–1.095 < .001
 Lifetime Alcohol Dependence 4.056 4.050–4.063 < .001
 Lifetime Personality Disorder 1.328 1.326–1.330 < .001
Level Two
 Lifetime PTSD (0=no PTSD, 1=PTSD) 0.992 0.990–0.994 < .001
Model 4: Association between lifetime PTSD and CUD among trauma-exposed cannabis users (n=2,990)
Level One Odds Ratio 95% CI p
 Sex (1=male, 2=female) 0.467 0.466–0.468 < .001
 Age 0.982 0.982–0.982 < .001
 Race/Ethnicity (0: white, 1: non-white) 1.065 1.062–1.068 < .001
 Trauma Load 1.058 1.057–1.058 < .001
 Lifetime Major Depression 1.142 1.139–1.144 < .001
 Lifetime Generalized Anxiety Disorder 1.303 1.298–1.307 < .001
 Lifetime Social Anxiety Disorder 0.952 0.949–0.955 < .001
 Lifetime Panic Disorder 1.245 1.241–1.249 < .001
 Lifetime Alcohol Dependence 2.167 2.162–2.172 < .001
 Lifetime Personality Disorder 1.333 1.330–1.337 < .001
Level Two
 Lifetime PTSD (0=no PTSD, 1=PTSD) 1.217 1.214–1.220 < .001

Note: CUD=cannabis use disorder; PTSD=posttraumatic stress disorder; “Trauma Load”=total number of potentially traumatic event categories endorsed