Effects of cannabis on congenital limb anomalies in 14 European nations: A geospatiotemporal and causal inferential study.

ABSTRACT: Cannabinoid exposure is increasing in some European nations. Europe therefore provides an interesting test environment for the recently reported link between cannabis exposure and congenital limb anomaly (CLA) rates (CLARs). Exponential genotoxic dose-response relationships make this investigation both intriguing and imperative. Annual CLAR in 14 nations were from Epidemiological Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies. Drug use rates were from European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Dependency. Median household income was from the World Bank. E-values provide a quantitative measure of robustness of results to confounding by extraneous covariates. Inverse probability weighting is an important technique for equalizing exposures across countries and removing sources of bias. Rates

SUBMITTER: Reece AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9364687 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature