Table 2.
Association of Recently Active (Past 30-days) Cannabis Use* and Blood Pressure Levels Using Linear Regression Models. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the United States National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, 2005–2012.
| Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) | Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) | |||
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| Characteristics | Age Sex Adjusted Estimated Difference† (95% CI) | Covariate Adjusted Estimated Difference‡ (95% CI) | Age Sex Adjusted Estimated Difference† (95% CI) | Covariate Adjusted Estimated Difference‡ (95% CI) |
| Full sample | 1.6 (0.6, 2.7) | 1.3 (0.4, 2.3) | 0.3 (−0.5, 1.0) | −0.01 (−1.0, 0.9) |
| ESI | ||||
| NH-White | 1.4 (0.1, 2.7) | 1.1 (−0.3, 2.5) | −0.2 (−1.2, 0.8) | 0.1 (−1.2, 1.3) |
| NH-Black | 1.1 (−0.6, 2.9) | 1.8 (−0.3, 3.9) | 0.4 (−1.6, 2.3) | −0.1 (−2.3, 2.1) |
| Hispanic | 1.7 (−0.1, 3.5) | 3.0 (1.4, 4.7) | 1.3 (−0.5, 3.0) | 0.6 (−1.5, 2.7) |
| All others | 3.6 (−1.7, 8.9) | 3.3 (−1.1, 7.6) | −0.0 (−2.3, 2.3) | −0.1(−2.4, 2.7) |
| Education | ||||
| <High School | 2.4 (0.4, 4.4) | 2.3 (0.4, 4.1) | 1.7 (0.1, 3.3) | 1.1 (−0.7, 2.9) |
| High School | 0.9 (−1.2, 3.0) | 1.6 (−0.9, 4.1) | −0.6 (−2.2, 1.0) | −0.5 (−2.7, 1.7) |
| >High School | 1.7 (0.1, 3.4) | 1.3 (−0.2, 2.9) | 0.3 (−0.8, 1.3) | 0.1(−1.2, 1.3) |
| Tobacco Smoking | ||||
| Non-smoker | 2.1 (0.2, 4.0) | 1.7 (0.5, 3.0) | −0.04 (−1.3, 1.2) | −0.6 (−1.6, 0.4) |
| Recently Active | 1.8 (−0.2, 3.7) | 2.1 (0.1, 4.1) | 1.9 (0.5, 3.4) | 1.6 (−0.1, 3.4) |
| Alcohol Drinking | ||||
| Non Drinker | 1.2 (−2.4, 4.8) | 1.3 (−2.7, 5.3) | 0.5 (−2.5, 1.6) | 0.5 (−2.3, 3.4) |
| Recently Active | 1.7 (0.6, 2.8) | 1.3 (0.2, 2.4) | 0.2 (−0.7, 1.2) | −0.1 (−1.1, 1.0) |
| BMI | ||||
| <25 Kg/m2 | 3.2 (1.7, 4.7) | 1.9 (0.1, 3.7) | 1.0 (−0.1, 2.0) | 1.3 (−0.1, 2.6) |
| 25–29.9 Kg/m2 | 1.7 (0.2, 3.3) | 1.3 (−0.6, 3.2) | 0.8 (−0.6, 2.1) | −0.6 (−2.1, 0.9) |
| ≥30 Kg/m2 | 1.8 (0.1, 3.5) | 0.7 (−1.0, 2.4) | 0.3 (−1.0, 1.6) | −0.5 (−1.9, 0.9) |
The referent group is never cannabis use (β= 0).
Estimates adjusted for age (years), age squared and sex.
Estimates adjusted for age (years), sex, ethnic self-identification (non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanics, and all others), education (less than high school, high school, and above high school), poverty income ratio (<1 and ≥1), body mass index (kg/m2), alcohol drinking (never, former, and recently active), history of extra-medical drug use, and smoking status (never, former, and recently active), except for the stratified variables.