Table 2. Participant characteristics according to cannabis use at baseline.

	Characteristics	Cannabis Abstainers	Cannabis Exposures	p-value^
		n = 576	n = 136
Mean ± SEM	Age baseline (years)	16.9 ± 0.04	17.2 ± 0.09	0.002
	BMI (kg/m2) Baseline	20.3 ± 0.09	20.5 ± 0.17	0.42
	BMI (kg/m2) Follow-up	24.4 ± 0.16	24.4 ± 0.30	0.55
	Total alcohol intake baseline (drinks/week)	1.32 ± 0.06	2.60 ± 0.18	<0.001
	Beer	0.64± 0.04	1.44 ± 0.12	<0.001
	Wine	0.44 ±0.03	0.73 ± 0.08	0.001
	Spirit	0.31 ± 0.02	0.58 ± 0.06	<0.001
	Physical Activity (in MET score)	5.37 ± 0.30	4.00 ± 0.43	0.04
	Gender (%)	-	-	0.36
	Male	41.8	37.5
	Female	58.2	62.5
	SES (%)	-	-	0.19
	High	32.3	40.4
	Medium	29.0	25.0
	Low	38.7	34.6
	Smoking (%)	-	-	<0.001
	Non-smoker	86.3	43.4
	Smoker	13.7	56.6

^ Independent t-test for continuous variables and chi-square tests for trend for categorical variables across cannabis use.