Open AccessBrief Report
Author(s) -
Omayma Alshaarawy,
James C. Anthony
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0000000000000314
Subject(s) - medicine
In preclinical animal studies, evidence links cannabis with hyperphagia, obesity, and insulin resistance. Epidemiologic data, however, suggest an inverse cannabis smoking-diabetes mellitus association. Here, we offer epidemiologic estimates from eight independent replications from (1) the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, and (2) the National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (2005-2012).