American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 98, Issue 4 , Pages 478-484 , 15 August 2006

Marijuana Use, Diet, Body Mass Index, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors (from the CARDIA Study)

  • Nicolas Rodondi, MD, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
    • University Outpatient Clinic and the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 41-21-314-6075; fax: 41-21-314-6099.
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  • Mark James Pletcher, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University Outpatient Clinic and the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Kiang Liu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.
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  • Stephen Benjamin Hulley, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University Outpatient Clinic and the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, California

Received 15 December 2005 ,Revised 6 March 2006 ,Accepted 6 March 2006.

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    Daily calories according to average marijuana use from 1985 to 2000 in the CARDIA study. Mean daily intake from total calories and each diet component (kilocalories per day) is shown (column height).

    Daily calories according to average marijuana use from 1985 to 2000 in the CARDIA study. Mean daily intake from total calories and each diet component (kilocalories per day) is shown (column height). Daily calories are adjusted for age, race, gender, and study center. Marijuana use was associated with higher total caloric intake (p for trend <0.001). The relative contribution of alcohol (black bars) to total calories increased across marijuana categories (p for trend <0.001), the contribution of carbohydrates (white bars) and protein (cross-hatched bars) slightly decreased (p for trend <0.001 and 0.04, respectively), and that of saturated fat (light gray bars) and unsaturated fat (dark gray bars) did not significantly differ.

 This study was supported by Contracts NO1-HC-48047 through 48050 and NO1-HC-95095 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Rodondi was supported by Grant PBLAB-102353 from the Swiss National Foundation, Berne, Switzerland.

PII: S0002-9149(06)00817-4

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.03.024

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 98, Issue 4 , Pages 478-484 , 15 August 2006

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