Table 4 Sex stratified incidence rates and hazard ratios for emergency department visit or hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome or stroke and for any cardiovascular event among patients with medical cannabis authorisation and non-authorized controls
From: Medical cannabis authorization and the risk of cardiovascular events: a longitudinal cohort study
Primary outcome: acute coronary syndrome or stroke | Secondary outcome: any cardiovascular event | ||||||||
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Sex | Exposure group | Number of events | Total person-years | Incidence rate per 1000 persons-years (95% CI) | Adjusted Hazard ratio (95% CI)* | Number of events | Total person-years | Incidence rate per 1000 persons-years (95% CI) | Adjusted Hazard ratio (95% CI)* |
Males | Authorized to use cannabis | 69 | 7896.50 | 8.73 (6.91–11.05) | 1.77 (1.23–2.56) | 233 | 7819.88 | 29.79 (26.25–33.81) | 1.52(1.24–1.86) |
Controls | 132 | 21,496.29 | 6.14 (5.18–7.28) | 1 [Reference] | 416 | 21,341.38 | 19.49 (17.72–1.44) | 1 [Reference] | |
Females | Authorized to use cannabis | 33 | 6290.18 | 5.25 (3.73–7.37) | 0.98 (0.59–1.62) | 165 | 6220.11 | 26.53 (22.82–30.84) | 1.41(1.11 -1.79) |
Controls | 91 | 17,846.26 | 5.10 (4.15–6.26) | 1 [Reference] | 326 | 17,702.85 | 18.41 (16.54–20.51) | 1 [Reference] | |