Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the study population according to marijuana use status (NHANES 2005–2014, n = 14,080).

Marijuana use	Never (n = 6,557)	Past user (n = 5,759)	Current user (n = 1,764)
			Light user (n = 708)	Heavy user (n = 1,056)
Age (years)	40.0 ± 0.3	40.6 ± 0.2	34.4 ± 0.6	34.0 ± 0.6	<0.001
Male (%)	43.8 ± 0.7	52.1 ± 0.7	56.5 ± 2.1	67.5 ± 1.7	<0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2)	29.2 ± 0.1	28.8 ± 0.1	27.3 ± 0.3	27.0 ± 0.2	<0.001
Waist circumference (cm)	96.8 ± 0.3	97.8 ± 0.3	93.1 ± 0.8	92.1 ± 0.7	<0.001
Hypertension (%)	21.1 ± 0.7	19.6 ± 0.6	14.8 ± 1.7	13.1 ± 1.3	<0.001
Diabetes (%)	7.9 ± 0.4	5.7 ± 0.4	3.7 ± 0.8	3.0 ± 0.6	<0.001
Ethnicity (%)					<0.001
Hispanics	23.3 ± 1.7	9.7 ± 0.8	12.8 ± 1.7	9.9 ± 1.1
Non-Hispanic white	55.6 ± 2.2	76.7 ± 1.3	65.9 ± 2.3	68.8 ± 2.1
Non-Hispanic black	11.2 ± 0.9	9.5 ± 0.7	16.7 ± 1.6	16.2 ± 1.5
Asian/Other	10.0 ± 0.7	4.2 ± 0.3	4.6 ± 0.9	5.1 ± 0.8
Smoking (%)					<0.001
Never	80.1 ± 0.8	45.2 ± 1.0	36.5 ± 2.7	23.0 ± 1.5
Current smoker	10.0 ± 0.5	26.4 ± 1.0	46.0 ± 3.0	57.6 ± 2.3
Ex-smoker	9.9 ± 0.6	28.4 ± 0.8	17.5 ± 1.8	19.5 ± 2.8
High education (%)	82.1 ± 0.9	88.7 ± 0.8	84.5 ± 1.7	78.9 ± 1.8	<0.001
Married status (%)	68.5 ± 0.9	65.0 ± 1.0	44.9 ± 2.1	49.7 ± 2.1	<0.001
Poverty (%)	15.5 ± 0.9	11.4 ± 0.6	22.7 ± 1.9	23.6 ± 1.7	<0.001
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	195.5 ± 0.8	197.3 ± 0.7	187.0 ± 1.9	190.0. ± 1.8	0.002
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	51.6 ± 0.3	52.3 ± 0.3	53.3 ± 0.7	51.2 ± 0.5	0.318
HbA1c (%)	5.54 ± 0.01	5.43 ± 0.01	5.34 ± 0.04	5.37 ± 0.02	<0.001

Data are expressed as the mean ± SE or proportion ± SE. Abbreviation: NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; HDL cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Marijuana use was shown as actual number.