Estimating the association between metabolic risk factors and marijuana use in U.S. adults using data from the continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 486-491

  Thompson, Christin Ann ^a   Hay, Joel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumental variables; Marijuana use; Metabolic health; Multivariate linear regression

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; CARBOHYDRATE DIET;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANNABIS USE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; AGE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84930045633     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.01.013     Document Type: Article

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