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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 9.
Published in final edited form as: Harmful Algae. 2016 Jul;57(B):9–19. doi: 10.1016/j.hal.2016.03.010

Table 4.

Health and Medical History of Adult and Geriatric Participants

Full sample n = 538 Men n = 224 Women n = 314 p value*

Body Mass Index (Mean) 32.4 ± 7.4 31.2 ± 6.4 33.2 ± 7.9 0.003
Normal 13 15 12
Overweight 29 30 28
Obese 57 54 60

Current smoker 47 47 47 0.951

Alcohol use <0.001
    Never 51 39 59
    Monthly 21 25 19
    2-4 times a month 20 26 16
    2-3 times a week 6 8 5
    4 or more times a week 2 3 1

Ever smoked marijuana 0.019
    Never 34 35 34
    Fewer than 3 times 22 16 26
    More than 3 times 44 50 41

Ever tried cocaine 36 36 36 0.841

Ever tried heroin 4 3 5 0.208

Ever tried other hallucinogen 19 25 15 0.016

Ever tried other non-prescription psychotropic drug 19 18 20 0.732

Ever diagnosed or received treatment for alcohol or substance abuse problems 29 36 24 0.002

Co-morbid medical conditions

    Continuous 1.63 ± 1.84 1.33 ± 1.94 1.83 ± 1.74 0.006

    Number of co-morbidities

        0 29 38 24 0.004

        1 30 32 30

        2 17 13 19

        3 24 18 28

    Diabetes 14 13 15 0.464

    Cancer 6 3 7 0.083

    Stroke 5 6 5 0.668

    Seizures/Epilepsy 4 7 3 0.028

    Multiple Sclerosis 0.9 1.2 0.8 0.646

    Dementia (AD, PD, HD) 0.5 1.2 0 0.153

    Lupus 1.4 0.6 1.9 0.411

    Head injury 12 14 11 0.331

Loss of consciousness due to head injury (n = 64) 3 0 5 0.510

    High blood pressure 26 26 25 0.846

    Memory problems (n = 56) 13 16 10 0.688

    Tremors 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.000

    Depression, anxiety, and other psychiatric problems 25 12 34 <0.001

Taking anticonvulsants 14 5 9 -

Taking anti-depressants 75 12 63 -

Taking anti-hypertensives 89 34 55 -

Data presented as percentage, except Body Mass Index presented as mean ± SD.

*

p values from chi-square test, Fisher's exact test or t-test, as appropriate

Value reported is total number of individuals that reported taking the drug in question

Dementia diagnoses: Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease