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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Apr 26;163:55–63. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.03.019

Table 5.

Substance use and substance-related problems as a function of onset of medical use and nonmedical use of stimulant medication (medical and nonmedical users only)

Model 17
Cigarette
Smoking
Model 18
Binge
Drinking
Model 19
Marijuana
Use
Model 20
Cocaine
Use
Model 21
Other Drug
Use
Model 22
Nonmedical
Rx Drug Use
Model 23
Positive
DAST-10
Model 24
Positive
CRAFFT
Lifetime Medical Users Only
(n = 322)
AOR
95% CI
AOR
95% CI
AOR
95% CI
AOR
95% CI
AOR
95% CI
AOR
95% CI
AOR
95% CI
AOR
95% CI
Age of medical onset of
prescription stimulants
(continuous measure)
1.11**
[1.02, 1.20]
1.10*
[1.00, 1.22]
1.14***
[1.05, 1.23]
.912
[.670, 1.24]
1.16*
[1.01, 1.33]
1.05
[.934, 1.19]
1.10*
[1.01, 1.19]
1.21***
[1.11, 1.32]

Model 25
Cigarette
Smoking
Model 26
Binge
Drinking
Model 27
Marijuana
Use
Model 28
Cocaine
Use
Model 29
Other Drug
Use
Model 30
Nonmedical
Rx Drug Use
Model 31
Positive
DAST-10
Model 32
Positive
CRAFFT
Lifetime Nonmedical Users
Only (n = 124)
AOR
95% CI
AOR
95% CI
AOR
95% CI
AOR
95% CI
AOR
95% CI
AOR
95% CI
AOR
95% CI
AOR
95% CI
Age of nonmedical onset of
prescription stimulants
(continuous measure)
.912
[.733 , 1.13]
.818
[.656 , 1.01]
.950
[.726 , 1.24]
.566***
[.408 , .785]
.845
[.686, 1.04]
.755*
[.598, .952]
.745*
[.567 , .978]
.851
[.629 , 1.15]
*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001;

AOR=adjusted odds ratio; 95% CI=95% confidence interval. Note: : Models 17 through 24 control for gender, race, grade level of respondent, highest level of parental education, ADHD symptom severity, past year nonmedical use of stimulants, conduct disorder symptom severity, number of waves respondent participated in the SSLS, and wave respondent participated in the SSLS. Models 25 through 32 control for gender, race, grade level of respondent, highest level of parental education, lifetime ADHD diagnosis, ADHD symptom severity, past year medical use of stimulants, number of waves respondent participated in the SSLS, and wave respondent participated in the SSLS. All variables used in the analyses were time-varying.