Table 3.
Associations of heavy cannabis users* and blood pressure levels among men, using linear regression models.
| Men | SBP | DBP | PP | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters | Age adjusted Estimated difference | Covariate adjusted Estimated difference | Interaction** | Age adjusted Estimated difference | Covariate adjusted Estimated difference | Interaction** | Age adjusted Estimated difference | Covariate adjusted Estimated difference | Interaction** | ||||||
| Current smokers | − 2.76 (0.64) | < 0.001 | − 2.25 (0.63) | < 0.001 | 0.843 | − 1.45 (0.35) | < 0.001 | − 1.00 (0.40) | 0.003 | 0.513 | − 1.30 (0.43) | 0.003 | − 1.24 (0.44) | 0.005 | 0.563 |
| No current smokers | − 0.95 (0.31) | 0.002 | − 0.95 (0.31) | 0.002 | − 0.52 (0.17) | 0.002 | − 0.46 (0.16) | 0.004 | − 0.43 (0.22) | 0.048 | − 0.49 (0.22) | 0.026 | |||
| Alcohol | 0.263 | 0.003 | 0.813 | ||||||||||||
| High | − 1.67 (0.48) | < 0.001 | − 1.56 (0.48) | < 0.001 | − 0.97 (0.24) | < 0.001 | − 0.78 (0.24) | 0.001 | − 0.69 (0.33) | 0.039 | − 0.78 (0.34) | 0.020 | |||
| Moderate | − 1.10 (0.37) | 0.003 | − 0.77 (0.37) | 0.034 | − 0.57 (0.19) | 0.004 | − 0.31 (0.19) | 0.099 | − 0.53 (0.26) | 0.038 | − 0.45 (0.25) | 0.079 | |||
| Low | − 1.61 (0.92) | 0.081 | − 1.18 (0.91) | 0.193 | − 1.19 (0.51) | 0.019 | − 0.73 (0.48) | 0.134 | − 0.42 (0.66) | 0.519 | − 0.46 (0.66) | 0.490 | |||
| Income | 0.346 | 0.998 | 0.022 | ||||||||||||
| High | − 1.05 (0.40) | 0.008 | − 0.86 (0.40) | 0.029 | − 0.56 (0.22) | 0.011 | − 0.42 (0.21) | 0.047 | − 0.50 (0.27) | 0.058 | − 0.43 (0.27) | 0.019 | |||
| Moderate | − 1.34 (0.43) | 0.002 | − 1.03 (0.42) | 0.014 | − 0.77 (0.22) | < 0.001 | − 0.50 (0.21) | 0.020 | − 0.56 (0.30) | 0.061 | − 0.53 (0.30) | 0.077 | |||
| Low | − 1.93 (0.89) | 0.031 | − 1.73 (0.90) | 0.053 | − 1.00 (0.46) | 0.030 | − 0.81 (0.45) | 0.071 | − 0.93 (0.63) | 0.141 | − 0.91 (0.64) | 0.154 | |||
| Education | 0.720 | 0.565 | 0.897 | ||||||||||||
| High | − 1.22 (0.36) | < 0.001 | − 1.15 (0.35) | 0.001 | − 0.55 (0.19) | 0.005 | − 0.44 (0.19) | 0.019 | − 0.67 (0.25) | 0.006 | − 0.72 (0.24) | 0.004 | |||
| Moderate | − 1.09 (0.51) | 0.032 | − 0.81 (0.51) | 0.107 | − 0.83 (0.27) | 0.002 | − 0.57 (0.26) | 0.030 | − 0.26 (0.36) | 0.470 | − 0.24 (0.36) | 0.053 | |||
| Low | − 1.81 (0.81) | 0.033 | − 1.55 (0.85) | 0.068 | − 1.05 (0.44) | 0.017 | − 0.66 (0.43) | 0.128 | − 0.76 (0.61) | 0.212 | − 0.89 (0.61) | 0.148 | |||
| Diabetes | − 1.59 (1.58) | 0.316 | − 1.54 (1.61) | 0.334 | 0.986 | − 0.40 (0.83) | 0.631 | − 0.46(0.81) | 0.576 | 0.357 | − 1.19 (1.20) | 0.319 | − 1.09 (1.21) | 0.369 | 0.662 |
| No diabetes | − 1.25 (0.28) | < 0.001 | − 1.06 (0.24) | 0.472 | − 0.79 (0.15) | < 0.001 | − 0.49 (0.15) | < 0.001 | − 0.55 (0.19) | 0.005 | − 0.47 (0.19) | 0.004 | |||
| Dyslipidemia | − 1.13 (0.37) | 0.002 | − 0.88 (0.37) | 0.018 | 0.019 | − 0.72 (0.19) | < 0.001 | − 0.42 (0.19) | 0.029 | 0.004 | − 0.42 (0.26) | 0.113 | − 0.45 (0.26) | 0.085 | 0.298 |
| No dyslipidemia | − 1.46 (0.41) | < 0.001 | − 1.37 (0.41) | < 0.001 | − 0.71 (0.22) | 0.001 | − 0.62 (0.23) | 0.004 | − 0.77 (0.28) | 0.007 | − 0.74 (0.29) | 0.010 | |||
| BMI | 0.553 | 0.159 | 0.913 | ||||||||||||
| High | − 0.15 (0.48) | 0.763 | − 0.18 (0.76) | 0.817 | − 0.14 (0.40) | 0.735 | − 0.07 (0.40) | 0.861 | − 0.03 (0.54) | 0.954 | − 0.11 (0.45) | 0.844 | |||
| Moderate | − 0.78 (0.25) | 0.002 | − 1.17 (0.39) | 0.003 | − 0.61 (0.21) | 0.003 | − 0.61 (0.21) | 0.003 | − 0.52 (0.28) | 0.067 | − 0.55 (0.28) | 0.049 | |||
| Low | − 0.57 (0.27) | 0.037 | − 1.37 (0.44) | 0.002 | − 0.36 (0.22) | 0.108 | − 0.52 (0.23) | 0.021 | − 0.64 (0.30) | 0.035 | − 0.84 (0.31) | 0.006 | |||
SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, PP pulse pressure, BMI body mass index.
*Referent group is never user of cannabis.
**Interaction were performed among covariate adjusted models.
Covariates adjusted estimated differences were adjusted for age, education, income level, tobacco habits, alcohol consumption, BMI categories, dyslipidemia, and diabetes, except for the stratified variables.