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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2021 Aug 8;123:107079. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107079

Table 2:

Multilevel negative binomial models predicting negative alcohol-related consequences.

Fixed effect Alcohol-use months (n = 11,909 person months among 754 individuals) Months in which both alcohol and marijuana used (n = 4,469 person months among 530 individuals)

RR 95% CI RR 95% CI
Between person
Intercept 0.53 (0.37,0.75) 0.75 (0.59,0.96)
Female 1.54 (1.34,1.78) 1.28 (1.09,1.51)
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White ref. ref. ref. ref.
 Non-Hispanic Asian 1.17 (0.95,1.42) 1.39 (1.09,1.77)
 Non-Hispanic Other 1.21 (1.01,1.45) 1.15 (0.94,1.41)
 Hispanic 1.03 (0.81,1.31) 1.07 (0.82,1.40)
Age in years 1.00 (0.95,1.04) 1.01 (0.97,1.06)
Proportion of all months
 Alcohol use 1.23 (0.82,1.84)
 Alcohol and marijuana use 1.04 (0.74,1.44)
Person average substance use quantity/frequency
 Alcohol use quantity/frequency 1.60 (1.39,1.84) 1.42 (1.25,1.62)
 Marijuana use occasions 1.01 (0.94,1.09)
Proportion of alcohol-use months
 Alcohol-only ref. ref.
 CAM 1.03 (0.66,1.62)
 SAM 1.49 (1.17,1.89)
Proportion of alcohol and marijuana months
 CAM ref. ref.
 SAM 1.42 (1.05,1.93)
Within-person (time-varying)
Month of study (in years) 0.89 (0.85,0.93) 0.96 (0.91,1.02)
Quantity/frequency of alcohol use 2.07 (1.97,2.19) 1.83 (1.72,1.95)
Marijuana use occasions 0.98 (0.95,1.01)
Substance use category
 Alcohol-only ref. ref.
 CAM 1.04 (0.97,1.12) ref. ref.
 SAM 1.17 (1.10,1.25) 1.20 (1.11,1.29)
Random effects

Intercept variance 0.73 0.60

Note. SAM=simultaneous alcohol and marijuana; CAM=concurrent alcohol and marijuana but not simultaneous use. Bold typeface indicates fixed effects p<.05