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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Psychiatry. 2017 Jul 24;4(9):706–714. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30280-8

Table 2.

Odds ratios (with 95% confidence intervals) representing association between aspects of cannabis use and suicidal thoughts and behaviours in full sample of 13,986 male and female twins from the Australian Twin Registry.

Cannabis ever use
Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR
Major Depressive Disorder 1·15 (1·06, 1·25) 1·02 (0·93, 1·12)
Suicidal ideation 1·26 (1·16, 1·37) 1·08 (0·98, 1·19)
Suicidal ideation >1 day 1·35 (1·19, 1·54) 1·19 (1·02, 1·38)
Suicide plan 1·34 (1·15, 1·56) 1·11 (0·93, 1·33)
Suicide attempt 1·76 (1·43, 2·16) 1·13 (0·88, 1·44)
Early Cannabis Use
In the full sample In the subsample of ever users (N = 7361)
Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR
Major Depressive Disorder 1·52 (1·36, 1·69) 1·28 (1·13, 1·45) 1·50 (1·33, 1·70) 1·33 (1·16, 1·53)
Suicidal ideation 2·03 (1·82, 2·26) 1·57 (1·38, 1·78) 2·03 (1·79, 2·29) 1·68 (1·46, 1·92)
Suicidal ideation >1 day 2·08 (1·78, 2·43) 1·55 (1·29, 1·87) 2·01 (1·68, 2·40) 1·63 (1·33, 2·00)
Suicide plan 2·39 (2·01, 2·84) 1·77 (1·44, 2·18) 2·44 (2·00, 2·99) 2·04 (1·62, 2·57)
Suicide attempt 3·63 (2·94, 4·47) 2·04 (1·58, 2·64) 3·52 (2·74, 4·51) 2·38 (1·78, 3·17)
Frequent Cannabis Use (≥ 100 times)
In the full sample In the subsample of ever users (N = 7361)
Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR
Major Depressive Disorder 1·74 (1·55, 1·95) 1·53 (1·35, 1·73) 1·74 (1·54, 1·97) 1·60 (1·40, 1·83)
Suicidal ideation 2·47 (2·20, 2·76) 1·96 (1·73, 2·23) 2·52 (2·22, 2·86) 2·07 (1·81, 2·38)
Suicidal ideation >1 day 2·27 (1·93, 2·66) 1·69 (1·40, 2·03) 2·19 (1·82, 2·62) 1·68 (1·38, 2·05)
Suicide plan 2·55 (2·13, 3·05) 1·81 (1·47, 2·22) 2·57 (2·10, 3·16) 1·94 (1·55, 2·42)
Suicide attempt 3·46 (2·78, 4·30) 1·95 (1·51, 2·51) 3·19 (2·49, 4·10) 2·12 (1·61, 2·80)

Adjusted for sex, age, cohort, alcohol use ≤16 (cohort 1) or ≤14 (cohorts 2, 3), nicotine use ≤16 (cohort 1) or ≤12 (cohorts 2, 3), MZ, opposite sex DZ, conduct, depressed mood or anhedonia ≤15 (not for MDD), childhood sexual abuse