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. 2021 May 6;11:272. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01382-y

Table 3.

Associations between regional brain volumes and substance use levels separately in cannabis users with and without dependence (three-site subsample).

Dependent CB (n = 59) Recreational CB (n = 49)
β (95% CI) p β (95% CI) p
Brain volumes (mm3)
OFC
lateral R Sexa 505.68 53.45, 957.91 0.028* −197.09 −770.26, 376.07 0.500
Cannabis use onset, yrs 73.57 −28.24, 175.37 0.157 4.65 108.99, 118.29 0.936
Cannabis dosage, cones/mo −0.76 −32.92, 31.40 0.963 12.45 −24.65, 49.56 0.511
Cigarettes/mo 9.02 −13.28, 31.33 0.428 6.21 −25.84, 38.27 0.704
Standard drinks/mo −111.54 −185.14, −37.94 0.003** −42.03 −122.10, 38.04 0.304
Cerebellum
WM L Sexa 1128.06 154.65, 2101.48 0.023* 578.83 −906.20, 2063.86 0.445
Cannabis use onset, years −20.14 −230.05, 189.77 0.851 88.65 −204.05, 381.36 0.553
Cannabis dosage, cones/mo −16.06 −85.10, 52.99 0.649 −8.73 −102.90, 85.44 0.856
Cigarettes/mo 22.23 −23.79, 68.25 0.344 5.56 −76.04, 87.16 0.894
Standard drinks/mo −14.08 −138.04, 166.21 0.856 −118.14 −321.66, 85.37 0.255
R Sexa 1352.56 303.86, 2401.25 0.011* 1396.28 −303.28, 3095.85 0.107
Cannabis use onset, years 9.39 −215.40, 234.19 0.935 61.40 −274.05, 396.84 0.720
Cannabis dosage, cones/mo 9.90 −64.49, 84.28 0.794 36.48 −71.84, 144.81 0.509
Cigarettes/mo 4.83 −44.46, 54.11 0.848 3.12 −90.66, 96.89 0.948
Standard drinks/mo 40.24 −122.73, 203.20 0.628 −254.22 −488.24, −20.20 0.033*

Note: only ROIs that demonstrated significant group-by-sex effects were included in the analysis.

CB cannabis users, CI confidence interval, L left, OFC orbitofrontal cortex, R right, WM white matter.

aMale =1; Female = 0.

*p(unc) < 0.05, **p(unc) < 0.01, p(FDR) < 0.05.