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Table 1 Hazard ratios for overall depression by reported frequency of cannabis use

From: Cannabis use and depression: a longitudinal study of a national cohort of Swedish conscripts

Cannabis use

No. exposed

No. cases

HR Crude

HR adjusted*

Never

39 978

990

1

1

Once

1 202

28

0.9 (0.6-1.4)

0.9 (0.6-1.5)

2–4

1 486

51

1.4 (1.1-1.9)

1.2 (0.8-1.8)

5–10

839

24

1.2 (0.7-1.8)

1.1 (0.6-1.8)

11–50

727

24

1.3 (0.8-1.9)

0.6 (0.3-1.2)

>50

855

29

1.5 (1.0-2.2)

0.8 (0.4-1.5)

TOTAL

45 087

1 146

  
  1. * Adjustments for: prior personality disorders at conscription, IQ, disturbed behavior in childhood, social adjustment, risky use of alcohol, smoking, early adulthood socioeconomic position, use of other drugs, brought up in a city.