The impact of marijuana use on glucose, insulin, and insulin resistance among US adults

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 583-589

  Penner, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Buettner, Hannah ^c   Mittleman, Murray A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose; Insulin; Insulin resistance; Marijuana use

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANNABIS SMOKING; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CANNABIS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; TRIGLYCERIDES; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84879184466     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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