Association between marijuana use and kidney stone: a cross-sectional study of NHANES 2009 to 2018.

ABSTRACT: Objective: The purpose of this investigation is to determine whether regular marijuana use is related to history of kidney stones in the US population. Methods: Data were obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2009 to 2018. Kidney stone and marijuana use data were collected from self-report questionnaires. Multivariate logistic regression and multiple sensitivity analyses were applied to examine the relationship between marijuana usage and kidney stones. Results: There are approximately 26.04% of the US population have admitted to using marijuana in their lifetime. Compared with none regular users, those with a higher frequency of marijuana use were more males, more non-Hispanic races, lower than high school education, overweig

SUBMITTER: Di X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10513173 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature