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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2023 Jan 11;168:107422. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107422

Table 4a:

Associationa of CUD with consequences, by sex, among past year cannabis users, NESARC-III

Men Women Difference between men and women
CUD = Yes CUD = No CUD = Yes CUD = No
Past Year Problems % (SE) % (SE) PD (%) (95% CI) % (SE) % (SE) PD (%) (95% CI) Difference in PD (%) (95% CI)
Interpersonal Problems
Trouble with boss or co-workers 17.60 (1.97) 14.69 (1.00) 2.92 (−1.37, 7.21) 30.13 (3.01) 19.24 (1.34) 10.89 (4.24, 17.55) 7.97 (0.47, 15.48)
Problems with neighbor, relative, or friend 19.51 (1.77) 11.61 (1.00) 7.91 (3.99, 11.83) 33.81 (3.07) 16.33 (1.35) 17.49 (10.96, 24.01) 9.58 (2.32, 16.84)
Broke up major relationship 21.53 (2.03) 11.60 (1.04) 9.93 (5.21, 14.66) 24.71 (2.82) 17.80 (1.24) 6.92 (1.36, 12.48) −3.02 (−9.80, 3.76)
Financial and Legal Problems
Fired or laid off 15.58 (1.86) 15.15 (1.17) 0.43 (−3.77, 4.63) 19.76 (2.57) 14.45 (1.42) 5.31 (−0.60, 11.21) 4.88 (−2.14, 11.89)
Unemployed 37.34 (2.20) 29.15 (1.41) 8.19 (3.34, 13.03) 39.78 (2.90) 28.71 (1.63) 11.07 (4.80, 17.34) 2.88 (−5.00, 10.77)
Homeless 7.47 (1.28) 4.07 (0.58) 3.40 (0.48, 6.32) 9.45 (2.48) 3.72 (0.65) 5.73 (0.64, 10.82) 2.32 (−3.16, 7.81)
Declared bankruptcy 1.11 (0.44) 0.35 (0.13) 0.75 (−0.13, 1.64) 2.98 (1.03) 1.66 (0.43) 1.33 (−0.85, 3.50) 0.58 (−1.43, 2.58)
So much debt couldn’t repay 26.76 (2.03) 20.57 (1.33) 6.19 (1.36, 11.03) 39.26 (3.32) 27.74 (1.89) 11.51 (5.04, 17.99) 5.32 (−2.57, 13.21)
Trouble with law/police 10.74 (1.43) 5.12 (0.69) 5.62 (2.50, 8.74) 8.69 (1.61) 3.96 (0.70) 4.73 (1.54, 7.92) −0.89 (−5.47, 3.68)
Health-related Problems
Hospitalized 9.72 (1.51) 7.76 (0.72) 1.96 (−1.13, 5.06) 11.98 (1.88) 11.18 (0.99) 0.80 (−3.63, 5.23) −1.16 (−6.68, 4.36)
Emergency treatment 30.02 (2.11) 24.00 (1.45) 6.02 (1.44, 10.59) 40.27 (3.16) 31.33 (1.67) 8.93 (1.54, 16.33) 2.92 (−6.15, 11.98)
Suicide attempt at current age 3.15 (1.22) 3.06 (0.62) 0.09 (−2.91, 3.09) 4.98 (1.75) 4.02 (0.79) 0.96 (−3.21, 5.13) 0.87 (−4.19, 5.92)
Serious injury 32.52 (2.46) 24.36 (1.24) 8.16 (3.14, 13.17) 27.23 (2.95) 26.00 (1.72) 1.23 (−5.11, 7.56) −6.93 (−15.11, 1.26)
Sleep problems 39.89 (2.17) 24.68 (1.64) 15.21 (10.07, 20.34) 44.15 (2.81) 36.67 (1.99) 7.48 (0.94, 14.02) −7.73 (−16.76, 1.30)

CUD = cannabis use disorder; CI = confidence interval; PD = prevalence difference, prevalence of outcome (consequence) among those with CUD minus prevalence of outcome among those without CUD.

a

adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, education level

Note: Participants with missing responses for an outcome were excluded for that analysis (range of missingness: 0 [0.0%] – 24 [0.63%]).