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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 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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