Cannabis use disorder and adverse cardiovascular outcomes: A population-based retrospective cohort analysis of adults from Alberta, Canada
Aim: To measure the association between cannabis use disorder (CUD) and adverse cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes.
Participants: We identified participants with CUD diagnosis codes and matched them to participants without CUD codes by gender, year of birth and time of presentation to the health system. We included 29 764 pairs (n = 59 528 individuals in total).
Conclusions: Canadian adults with cannabis use disorder appear to have an approximately 60% higher risk of experiencing incident adverse cardiovascular disease events than those without cannabis use disorder.
(Research: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.16337 )
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