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. 2022 Aug 29;22:1628. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14057-0

Table 2.

Factors associated with having heard of cannabidiol and factors associated with its use (binary logistic regression, multivariable analysis)

Variable Having heard of cannabidiol
(N = 1953)
Cannabidiol use
(N = 1948)
aOR [95% CI] P-value aOR [95% CI] P-value
Age (in years) 0.97 [0.96—0.98]  < 10–3 0.98 [0.97—0.99]  < 10–3
Country of birth
 France 1
 Elsewhere 0.55 [0.35 – 0.87] 0.010
Socio-professional status
 Farmer/ craftsperson, trader or business manager/ skilled or unskilled worker 1 0.022
 Executive or higher intellectual profession/ Intermediate profession 0.60 [0.43—0.85] 0.004
 Employee 0.81 [0.57—1.16] 0.258
 Pensioner 0.72 [0.49—1.07] 0.108
 Other, no professional activity 0.45 [0.28—0.70] 0.001
Tobacco use
 No 1 1
 Yes 1.38 [1.05—1.82] 0.021 2.82 [1.93—4.11]  < 10–3
Cannabis use
 No 1 1
 Yes 2.18 [1.14—4.17] 0.019 7.53 [4.66—12.16]  < 10–3
Self-reported general health status 1
 Good 1 0.001
 Quite good 1.43 [0.95—2.15] 0.088
 Poor 2.68 [1.60—4.49]  < 10–3
‘Alternative medicines provide better solutions to health problems than conventional medicines’
 Disagree 1 0.001
 Agree 1.64 [1.03—2.58] 0.035
No opinion 0.81 [0.50—1.32] 0.400

aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval

1Very good or good vs. quite good vs. poor and very poor