The effects of cannabis use on physical health: A co-twin control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research on the influence of cannabis use on anthropometrics, cardiovascular and pulmonary function, and other indicators of physical health has reported mixed results. We examined whether cannabis frequency is associated with physical health outcomes phenotypically and after controlling for shared genetic and environmental factors via a longitudinal co-twin control design.

Methods

We tested the phenotypic associations of adolescent, young adult, and adult cannabis frequency with adult physical health. Next, we ran multilevel models to test if significant phenotypic associations remained at the between-family and within-twin pair levels. Participants include 677 individual twins (308 twin pairs) aged 25-35.

Results

At the phenotypic level, adolescent cannab

SUBMITTER: Ross JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8714702 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature