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Table 4 Crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR) for the association between sources of worry or stress and indicators of mental health and substance use (n=1025). AdoQuest 2007.

From: Common stressful life events and difficulties are associated with mental health symptoms and substance use in young adolescents

 

ORcrude(95% CI)

p-value

ORadj(95% CI)*

p-value

Depression

 Romantic breakup

2.6 (1.8-3.8)

0.000

1.6 (1.1-2.4)

0.018

 Family disruption

2.7 (1.8-3.9)

0.000

1.6 (1.0-2.4)

0.031

 Interpersonal

4.8 (3.2-7.3)

0.000

2.7 (1.7-4.3)

0.000

 Personal Stress

  Health

2.7 (1.9-3.9)

0.000

1.5 (1.0-2.3)

0.037

  Weight

2.8 (2.0-3.9)

0.000

1.6 (1.1-2.4)

0.014

  School work

3.9 (2.6-5.9)

0.000

2.2 (1.4-3.5)

0.001

Conduct disorder

 Romantic breakup

4.4 (2.6-7.5)

0.000

3.4 (1.9-6.0)

0.000

 Family disruption

2.1 (1.2-3.7)

0.011

1.3 (0.7-2.4)

0.395

 Interpersonal

2.7 (1.5-5.0)

0.001

1.7 (0.9-3.4)

0.123

 Personal Stress

  Health

1.8 (1.0-3.1)

0.039

1.2 (0.6-2.1)

0.621

  Weight

1.8 (1.1-3.1)

0.032

1.3 (0.7-2.3)

0.432

  School work

2.2 (1.2-3.9)

0.009

1.4 (0.7-2.7)

0.291

Binge drank in past 6 months

 Romantic breakup

6.1 (3.3-11.4)

0.000

6.9 (3.5-13.3)

0.000

 Family disruption

1.4 (0.7-2.8)

0.330

1.0 (0.5-2.1)

0.992

 Interpersonal

1.5 (0.8-2.8)

0.175

1.2 (0.6-2.4)

0.684

 Personal Stress

  Health

0.5 (0.2-1.2)

0.109

0.3 (0.1-0.7)

0.009

  Weight

1.8 (0.2-1.2)

0.051

1.8 (0.9-3.5)

0.098

  School work

0.9 (0.5-1.6)

0.727

0.6 (0.3-1.3)

0.189

Use marijuana in past 6 months

 Romantic breakup

4.2 (2.0-8.6)

0.000

3.7 (1.7-8.1)

0.001

 Family disruption

3.2 (1.6-6.8)

0.001

2.7 (1.2-6.1)

0.017

 Interpersonal

1.6 (0.8-3.4)

0.203

0.9 (0.4-2.3)

0.880

 Personal Stress

  Health

1.0 (0.4-2.3)

0.997

0.7 (0.3-1.6)

0.335

  Weight

2.3 (1.1-4.7)

0.023

2.1 (0.9-4.7)

0.073

  School work

0.9 (0.5-1.9)

0.825

0.6 (0.3-1.3)

0.189

Cigarette smoking in past 6 months

 Romantic breakup

4.1 (2.6-6.3)

0.000

3.4 (2.1-5.4)

0.000

 Family disruption

2.7 (1.7-4.2)

0.000

1.9 (1.2-3.2)

0.010

 Interpersonal

2.0 (1.3-3.1)

0.003

1.1 (0.7-1.0)

0.649

 Personal Stress

  Health

1.5 (0.9-2.3)

0.100

0.9 (0.6-1.6)

0.782

  Weight

1.9(1.2-2.9)

0.005

1.3 (0.8-2.1)

0.289

  School work

1.5(1.0-2.4)

0.053

1.0 (0.6-1.7)

0.966

Ever used illicit drugs

 Romantic breakup

2.2 (1.0-4.6)

0.045

1.5 (0.7-3.4)

0.290

 Family disruption

2.5 (1.2-5.3)

0.014

1.8 (0.8-3.9)

0.156

 Interpersonal

2.6 (1.2-5.7)

0.018

1.7 (0.7-4.3)

0.234

 Personal Stress

  Health

2.1 (1.0-4.4)

0.040

1.4 (0.6-3.2)

0.367

  Weight

1.4 (0.7-2.8)

0.395

0.8 (0.3-1.7)

0.513

  School work

1.9 (0.9-4.0)

0.104

1.2 (0.5-2.8)

0.705

  1. *ORs adjusted for sex and all other sources of stress.
  2. **n ranged from 987 to 1022 due to missing data.