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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2021 Jul;27(6):546–558. doi: 10.1017/S1355617721000205

Table 1.

Demographics and Substance Use Characteristics

Cannabis Users
(n=66)
M/% (SD)
range
Controls
(n=37)
M/% (SD)
range
Whole Sample
(n=103)
M/% (SD)
range
Age 19.3 (1.5) 18.6 (1.6) 19.0
16–22 16–22 16–22
Education 12.8 (1.4) 12.3 (1.6) 12.6 (1.5)
10–16 9–16 9–16
% Female 39% 49% 43%
% Hispanic 53% 35% 47%
% Caucasian 53% 46% 50%
Days since last cannabis use 3.73 (5.6) 255.5 (506.4) 50.4 (234)
0–27 37–2016 0–2016
n=66 n=15 n=81
Past month cannabis use (episodes) 37.88 (97.7) 0 (0) 24.5 (80.5)
1–798 0–0 0–798
Lifetime quantity of cannabis use (episodes) 868.1 (1883.6) 32.6 (129.3) 573 (1565)
3–14566 0–771 0–14566
Age of first cannabis use 16 (2) 16.6 (1.5) 16.1 (2)
10–21 15–19 8–20
n=66 n=15 n=81
Age of first regular cannabis use 17.5 (1.7) 16.3 (.6) 17.5 (1.7)
13–21 16–17 13–21
n=62 n=3 n=65
Urinary THCCOOH concentration (ng/mL) 140.8 (209.8) 0 (0) 178 (222)
0–1069 0–0 0–1069
n=52 n=52
Age of first NTP use 16.4 (2) 16.1 (1.3) 16.4 (1.9)
11–12 14–18 11–21
n=52 n=14 n=66
Age of first regular NTP use 17.9 (1.8) 17 (1.3) 17.7 (1.8)
15–22 14–18 14–22
n=25 n=9 n=34
# Past-Month NTP Users n=32 n=11 n=43
Past month NTP use (episodes) 71.1 (297.5) 20.1 (65.8) 52.7 (234)
0–2106 0–360 0–2106
Lifetime nicotine use (episodes) 1142.5 1120.6 1135
(3336.9) (5450.3) (4193)
0–21700 0–33091 1–33091
Urinary Cotinine concentration (ng/mL) 20.9 (78.6) 30.2 (80.6) 89.3 (133)
0–500 0–307 0–500
n=21 n=7 n=28
Age of first alcohol use 16 (2) 15.6 (2.7) 15.8 (2.2)
11–20 8–19 8–20
n=64 n=25 n=89
Past month alcohol use (episodes) 4.9 (5.1) 3.2 (4.9) 4.3 (5.1)
0–21 0–17 0–21
Lifetime alcohol use (episodes) 158.5 (225.1) 78.3 (173.0) 130 (211)
0–978 0–792 0–978
Days since last alcohol use 19.7 (46.6) 46.7 (146.7) 27.26 (87)
1–294 0–730 0–730
Lifetime other drug use (episodes) 6.5 (23.1) .8 (2.8) 4.4 (18.8)
0–183 0–17 0–183
Days since last other drug use 284 (441.7) 309.2 (359.2) 288.4 (425.5)
2–2555 24–1095 2–2555
# used other drug in past month n=8 n=1 n=9

Notes: sample size (n) indicated for number of participants who endorsed a response when it was not endorsed by all participants with one or both groups (e.g., not all Controls had used cannabis and so did not endorse an age of first use, never having used previously).