Table 2.

Primary conditions and symptoms of 1,145 participants and comparison of cannabis-naive with non-naive participants

Variable	All (N=1,145)	Naive (n=691)	Non-Naive (n=438)	P Value
Primary illness or medical condition you currently treat with medical cannabis	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Unknown	1	1	0
Anxiety disorder	109 (9.5)	31 (4.5)	74 (16.9)	<0.001
Arthritis	81 (7.1)	53 (7.7)	27 (6.2)	0.333
Brain injury	3 (0.3)	3 (0.4)	0 (0.0)	0.287
Cancer or leukemia	17 (1.5)	10 (1.4)	7 (1.6)	0.841
Chronic pain	787 (68.8)	523 (75.8)	257 (58.7)	<0.001
Crohn’s disease	6 (0.5)	2 (0.3)	4 (0.9)	0.215
Diabetes	2 (0.2)	2 (0.3)	0 (0.0)	0.525
Eating disorder	2 (0.2)	0 (0.0)	2 (0.5)	0.151
Epilepsy	5 (0.4)	4 (0.6)	1 (0.2)	0.654
Gastrointestinal disorder	6 (0.5)	2 (0.3)	4 (0.9)	0.215
Headache	25 (2.2)	15 (2.2)	10 (2.3)	0.903
Insomnia	57 (5.0)	26 (3.8)	28 (6.4)	0.044
Movement disorder	9 (0.8)	9 (1.3)	0 (0.0)	0.016
Osteoporosis	1 (0.1)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.2)	0.388
Psychiatric or mental health disorder	4 (0.3)	1 (0.1)	3 (0.7)	0.305
PTSD	8 (0.7)	2 (0.3)	6 (1.4)	0.062
Seizures	1 (0.1)	1 (0.1)	0 (0.0)	1.000
Other	21 (1.8)	6 (0.9)	14 (3.2)	0.004
Primary symptoms you currently treat with medical cannabis
Anxiety	327 (28.6)	124 (17.9)	189 (43.2)	<0.001
Appetite loss	105 (9.2)	24 (3.5)	79 (18.0)	<0.001
Chronic pain	915 (79.9)	581 (84.1)	325 (74.2)	<0.001
Depression	219 (19.1)	82 (11.9)	129 (29.5)	<0.001
Gastrointestinal disorder	60 (5.2)	26 (3.8)	32 (7.3)	0.009
Headache	166 (14.5)	67 (9.7)	98 (22.4)	<0.001
Insomnia	384 (33.5)	189 (27.4)	189 (43.2)	<0.001
Intraocular eye pressure	14 (1.2)	11 (1.6)	3 (0.7)	0.180
Memory loss	43 (3.8)	22 (3.2)	17 (3.9)	0.532
Nausea	95 (8.3)	33 (4.8)	60 (13.7)	<0.001
Seizures	11 (1.0)	6 (0.9)	5 (1.1)	0.649
Spasms	118 (10.3)	76 (11.0)	39 (8.9)	0.257
Stress	219 (19.1)	75 (10.9)	133 (30.4)	<0.001
Other	24 (2.1)	12 (1.7)	12 (2.7)	0.255

PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.