Associations Between Cannabis Use and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: A Longitudinal Study of Men.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study tested longitudinal associations between cannabis use and cardiometabolic risk factors that underlie the development of cardiovascular diseases.

Methods

Participants were men from the youngest cohort of the Pittsburgh Youth Study who were followed prospectively from approximately age 7 to 32 years (N = 253). Frequency of cannabis use was assessed yearly from approximately ages 12 to 20 years and again at approximately ages 26, 29, and 32 years. The following cardiometabolic risk factors were assessed during a laboratory visit at approximately age 32 years: body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio, high- and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting glucose, insulin resistance, blood pressure, interleukin 6, and C-reactive protein.

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SUBMITTER: Meier MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6443484 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature