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. 2024 Mar 11;7:e49965. doi: 10.2196/49965

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and presence of seborrheic dermatitis for patients with Parkinson disease in oral cannabidiol (CBD) and placebo treatment groups.

Characteristic CBD (n=26) Placebo (n=27) P valuea
Age (years), mean (SE; SD) 70.6 (1.2; 6.3) 68.7 (1.4; 7.5) .34
Gender, n (%) .33

Female 10 (38) 7 (26)

Male 16 (62) 20 (74)
Race >.99

Asian 0 (0) 1 (4)

White 26 (100) 26 (96)
Ethnicity >.99

Hispanic or Latino 1 (4) 0 (0)

Not Hispanic or Latino 25 (96) 28 (96)

Not reported 0 (0) 1 (4)
Employment >.99

Disabled, permanently or temporarily 1 (4) 1 (4)

Retired 20 (77) 21 (78)

Working now 4 (15) 4 (15)

Partly retired 1 (4) 0 (0)

Retired, still involved in business 0 (0) 1 (4)
Marital status >.99

Divorced 4 (15) 4 (15)

Living with partner 0 (0) 1 (4)

Married 21 (81) 21 (78)

Widowed 1 (4) 1 (4)
Duration of PDb (years), mean (SE; SD) 6.6 (1.3; 6.8) 4.6 (0.8; 4.0) .19
Dosingc, mean (SD; SE) N/Ad

Final CBD dose (mg/day) 187.50 (56.68; 11.12) N/A

Final THCe dose (mg/day) 6.28 (1.90; 0.37) N/A

CBD level at final dose visit (ng/mL) 49.29 (32.85; 6.44) 0.00 (0.00; 0.00)

THC level at final dose visit (ng/mL) 0.85 (0.91; 0.18) 0.00 (0.00; 0.00)
Time on study drug (days), mean (SD; SE) 15.5 (1.8; 0.3) 16.2 (1.6; 0.3) .15

aTwo-tailed t tests and Pearson χ2 or Fisher exact association tests.

bPD: Parkinson disease.

cBlood levels reflect 26 participants in the CBD group and 17 in the placebo group. Blood levels were not obtained for 3 participants in the CBD group and 2 in the placebo group.

dN/A: not applicable.

eTHC: tetrahydrocannabinol.