Table 1.

Participant characteristics according to self-reported marijuana use at examination Y7 (1992–1993)

Characteristic	Self-reported lifetime marijuana use
	Never (n=625)	1–9 times (n=738)	10–99 times (n=774)	≥100 times (n=1,014)
Age, years	31.8±3.9	32.4±3.7	32.9±3.5	33.1±3.3
Female, %	59.5	63.0	64.9	38.3
White, %	45.6	53.5	60.3	59.3
Highest education, %
High school	22.7	20.9	20.3	34.1
Any college	56.2	57.3	57.0	51.0
>4 years’ college	21.1	21.8	22.7	14.9
A priori diet score	57.6±11.7	61.9±12.3	64.7±12.7	64.7±12.5
Physical activity, EU	296.6±260.7	319.5±263.7	328.4±248.8	390.7±274.0
BMI, kg/m2	27.4±6.5	26.8±6.4	26.1±6.0	26.4±5.5
WC, cm	84.5±14.6	83.1±13.7	81.5±13.8	84.9±13.1
Fasting glucose, mmol/l	4.9±0.5	4.9±0.4	4.9±0.5	5.0±0.5
Systolic BP, mmHg	109.0±12.7	107.9±12.2	106.6±11.3	109.3±11.8
Diastolic BP, mmHg	70.5±10.1	69.5±9.8	67.9±9.5	69.3±9.7
Antihypertension medications, %	2.1	1.8	1.7	1.2
Total cholesterol, mmol/l	4.5±0.9	4.6±0.8	4.5±0.8	4.6±0.9
LDL-cholesterol, mmol/l	2.8±0.8	2.8±0.8	2.7±0.8	2.8±0.8
HDL-cholesterol, mmol/l	1.3±0.3	1.4±0.3	1.4±0.4	1.3±0.4
Lipid-lowering medications, %	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3
CRP, nmol/l	21.0±30.5	26.7±40.0	31.4±40.0	37.1±45.7
Smoking status, %
Never	89.1	76.5	51.0	35.2
Former	3.2	10.4	21.1	26.2
Current	7.7	13.1	27.9	38.6
Alcohol consumption, %
No daily consumption	73.7	50.5	34.6	30.3
≤1 drink/day	22.1	38.8	47.2	39.2
>1 drink/day	4.2	10.7	18.2	30.6
Current marijuana use, %	0.0	1.5	9.8	38.6
Crack cocaine use, %
Ever use	1.0	12.3	45.3	74.6
>10 times lifetime use	0.2	1.9	10.1	34.1
Other cocaine use, %
Ever use	0.8	15.6	50.6	82.2
>10 times lifetime use	0.0	1.9	11.2	40.2
Amfetamine use, %
Ever use	1.6	10.6	38.3	67.5
>10 times lifetime use	0.5	1.5	9.2	29.7
Heroin use, %
Ever use	2.1	2.4	8.3	22.2
>10 times lifetime use	0.0	0.1	1.4	5.5

Continuous variables are means ± SD

Categorical variables are per cent within column