ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2024
Blood pressure and hypertension in older adults with a history of regular cannabis use: findings from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
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- Lifetime Cannabis Use and Incident Hypertension: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2025Observational
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Background: Observational evidence investigating associations between cannabis use and blood pressure and hypertension is inconsistent. Methods: Cross-sectional data from 3,255 participants at Exam 6 (2016-2018) of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) were analyzed, including self-reported cannabis smoking patterns, standardized measures of systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), pulse pressure (PP; BP collectively), and hypertension. ANCOVA and multivariable relative risk regression models were used to calculate adjusted means for BP and adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) for prevalent hypertension. Results: In fully adjusted ANCOVA models, a history of regular cannabis smoking, when compared to no history, was not significantly associated with increased SBP [mean difference: 0.1 mmHg (95% CI: -1.6-1.9)], DBP [mean difference: 0.5 mmHg (95% CI: -0.3-1.4)], PP [mean difference: -0.5 mmHg (95% CI: -1.8-0.9)], or prevalent hypertension [PR: 1.01 (95% CI: 0.93-1.10)]. Furthermore, no associations were observed for either the duration or recency (in the past month) of cannabis smoking or number of joint/pipe years. Models exploring potential interactions between a history of regular cannabis smoking and age, sex, race/ethnicity, and cigarette smoking status were not significant for either BP or hypertension. Conclusions: In a cohort of racially and ethnically diverse older adults with a high prevalence of hypertension, no evidence of increased risk due to regular cannabis smoking was found for either blood pressure or hypertension.
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