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. 2016 Jul 1;1(1):166–175. doi: 10.1089/can.2016.0010

Table 5.

Sex Differences in Medical Conditions Cannabis Is Used to Treat

  Male, n=774 Female, n=644 p
Multiple sclerosis 0.7% 1.7% 0.06
Cancer 3.4% 3.4% 0.85
Epilepsy 0.9% 1.7% 0.18
HIV 1.2% 0.2% 0.02
Glaucoma 2.3% 1.1% 0.08
IBS 12% 18.2% 0.001
Colitis/Crohn's disease 3.1% 3.3% 0.86
Tremor 2.3% 2.3% 1.0
Anxiety 50.6% 66.6% <0.001
Depression 48.7% 52.3% 0.17
Spasticity 16.5% 21% 0.03
Nausea 20.7% 35.2% <0.001
Pain 59.3% 63.8% 0.08
Intractable pain 11% 12.3% 0.45
Tics 2.8% 2.2% 0.43
Anorexia 7.8% 12.6% 0.002
Seizures/spasticity 2.8% 2.3% 0.55
Headaches/migraines 27.4% 45% <0.001
Arthritis 15.4% 19.3% 0.054

Bold values indicate statistical significance.

IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome.