Sex Differences in Cannabis Use Disorder Diagnosis Involved Hospitalizations in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The study examined sex differences in trend and clinical characteristics of cannabis use disorder (CUD) diagnosis involved hospitalizations among adult patients.

Methods

We analyzed hospitalization data from the 2007-2011 Nationwide Inpatient Samples for patients aged 18-64 years (N = 15,114,930). Descriptive statistics were used to characterize demographic variables and to compare the proportions of CUD diagnosis and comorbid patterns between male and female hospitalizations. Logistic regressions were performed to examine the association of sex and other demographic variables with CUD diagnosis.

Results

During the study period, 3.3% of male and 1.5% of female hospitalizations had any-listed CUD diagnoses, and both sexes presented an upward trend in the num

SUBMITTER: Zhu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5636049 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep/Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature