Table 1 Participant characteristics at baseline by CUD level at follow-up

From: Longitudinal study of risk factors predicting cannabis use disorder in UK young adults and adolescents

 

No CUD (n = 133)

Mild CUD (n = 26)

Moderate CUD (n = 28)

Severe CUD (n = 45)

Cannabis group

 PWUC

22 (16.5%)

23 (88.5%)

27 (96.4%)

45 (100%)

 Control

111 (83.5%)

3 (11.5%)

1 (3.6%)

0

Ethnicity n (%)

 White

88 (66.2%)

16 (61.5%)

15 (53.6%)

30 (66.7%)

 Mixed

13 (9.8%)

5 (19.2%)

6 (21.4%)

5 (11.1%)

 Asian

22 (16.5%)

2 (7.8%)

3 (10.7%)

5 (11.1%)

 Black

3 (2.3%)

2 (7.8%)

3 (10.7%)

4 (8.9%)

 Other

5 (3.8%)

1 (3.8%)

1 (3.6%)

1 (2.2%)

 Prefer not to say

2 (1.5%)

0

0

0

Maternal education

 Below undergraduate degree

57 (43.8%)

13 (54.2%)

21 (75.0%)

23 (51.1%)

 Undergraduate degree or above

73 (56.2%)

11 (45.8%)

7 (25.0%)

22 (48.9%)

 Missing

3

2

  

 Days/week alcohol use

1.22 (1.18)

0.79 (0.69)

0.93 (1.21)

0.79 (0.93)

 Days/week cigarette/roll-up use

0.63 (1.71)

1.47 (2.57)

2.01 (2.81)

1.74 (2.51)

Any other illicit drug used ≥monthly, past 3 months

 Yes

9 (6.8%)

5 (19.2%)

10 (35.7%)

28 (62.2%)

 No

124 (93.2%)

21 (80.8%)

18 (64.3%)

17 (37.8%)

Model predictors

Gendera

 Female

70 (52.6%)

16 (61.5%)

16 (57.1%)

18 (40.0%)

 Male

63 (47.4%)

10 (38.4%)

12 (42.9%)

27 (60.0%)

Age-Group

 Adolescents (16–17 years)

58 (43.6%)

13 (50.0%)

14 (50.0%)

33 (73.3%)

 Young adults (26–29 years)

75 (56.4%)

13 (50.0%)

14 (50.0%)

12 (26.7%)

Baseline CUD level

 No CUD

122 (91.7%)

7 (26.9%)

3 (10.7%)

1 (2.2%)

 Mild CUD

7 (5.3%)

8 (30.8%)

9 (32.1%)

6 (13.3%)

 Moderate CUD

1 (0.8%)

7 (26.9%)

9 (32.1%)

7 (15.6%)

 Severe CUD

3 (2.3%)

4 (15.4%)

7 (25.0%)

31 (68.9%)

Average days/week of cannabis use, past 3 months

0.67 (1.71)

3.38 (2.11)

4.11 (2.09)

4.38 (1.90)

AUDIT score

5.21 (3.91)

5.38 (4.87)

6.00 (4.27)

7.16 (4.76)

HSI score

0.05 (0.31)

0.15 (0.54)

0.29 (0.76)

0.20 (0.55)

Past-year negative life events

1.96 (1.51)

2.38 (1.90)

2.14 (1.84)

2.09 (1.70)

Completed follow-up during COVID-19 lockdown

 Yes

49 (36.8%)

7 (26.9%)

14 (50.0%)

8 (17.8%)

 No

84 (63.2%)

19 (73.1%)

14 (50.0%)

37 (82.2%)

  1. aParticipants could also select ‘other’ and ‘prefer not to say’ but no participants chose these options.
  2. AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, COVID coronavirus disease, CUD cannabis use disorder, HSI Heaviness of Smoking Index, PWUC people who use cannabis.
  3. Mean (standard deviation) presented unless otherwise indicated.