Table 1.
Characteristics of medical cannabis patients based on alcohol consumption groups: non-drinkers, low-risk drinkers and high-risk drinkers (AUDIT 3-item sum ≥4 for men and ≥ 3 for women).
| Overall Sample (n =780)a n (%) / M (SD) |
Non-drinkers (n = 330) n (%) / M (SD) |
Low-risk Drinkers (n = 251) n (%) / M (SD) |
High Risk Drinkers (n = 199) n (%) / M (SD) |
Statistic; p-Value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 45.5 (12.7) | 47.3 (12.1)§ | 44.5 (12.7) † | 43.6 (13.3) † | F=6.22** |
| Female sex | 375 (48%) | 169 (51%) | 124 (49%) | 82 (41%) | χ2 =5.24 |
| Race | χ2 =20.31*** | ||||
| Caucasian | 630 (81%) | 273 (83%)§ | 184 (73%)† | 173 (87%)§ | |
| African-American | 85 (11%) | 26 (8%)§ | 44 (17%)† | 15 (7%)§ | |
| Other | 65 (8%) | 31 (9%) | 23 (9%) | 11 (6%) | |
| Employment status | χ2 =34.31*** | ||||
| Employed | 314 (40%) | 102 (31%)§ | 105 (42%)† | 107 (54%)^ | |
| On disability | 249 (32%) | 131 (40%)§ | 81 (32%)§ | 37 (19%) † | |
| Other | 217 (28%) | 97 (29%) | 65 (26%) | 55 (28%) | |
| High school education or less | 265 (34%) | 128 (39%)§ | 72 (29%)† | 65 (33%) | χ2 = 7.48* |
| Pain Severity | 4.0 (1.0) | 4.2 (1.0)§ | 4.0 (1.0)§ | 3.6 (1.1)† | F=17.62*** |
| Pain Interference | 3.7 (1.4) | 3.9 (1.3) § | 3.7 (1.3) § | 3.3 (1.3)† | F=14.26*** |
| Anxiety symptoms | 5.7 (5.4) | 5.6 (5.5) | 5.8 (5.2) | 5.7 (5.6) | F=0.09 |
| Daily cannabis use | 573 (73%) | 252 (76%) | 175 (70%) | 146 (73%) | χ2 =3.23 |
| ASSIST Cannabis Risk Level | χ2 =6.86 | ||||
| Low | 70 (9%) | 27 (8%) | 28 (11%) | 15 (8%) | |
| Moderate | 691 (89%) | 297 (91%) | 218 (87%) | 176 (89%) | |
| Elevated | 12 (2%) | 2 (0.5%) | 4 (2%) | 6 (3%) | |
| Quantity of cannabis use per week | χ2 =10.00 | ||||
| 1.0 oz. or more | 112 (15%) | 53 (17%) | 37 (15%) | 22 (11%) | |
| 0.50–0.99 oz. | 121 (16%) | 61 (19%) | 29 (12%) | 31 (16%) | |
| 0.125–0.49 oz. | 328 (43%) | 134 (42%) | 108 (44%) | 86 (45%) | |
| Less than 0.125 oz. | 194 (26%) | 70 (22%) | 70 (29%) | 54 (28%) |
Note. Within each row, group proportions or means with different superscripts (§ or †) are statistically different from one another.
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01;
***
p < .001
a
Of N=801 enrolled, 21 persons were excluded because they provided no answers to the AUDIT questions concerning alcohol use.