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Table 2 Propensity-matched outcomes comparing active cannabis users and non-users

From: Cannabis consumption is associated with lower COVID-19 severity among hospitalized patients: a retrospective cohort analysis

Outcome

Active cannabis users

Cannabis

non-users

Propensity based user effect

P value

   

β (95% CI)

 

1NIH Score, mean (SD)

5.1 (1.2)

6.0 (1.1)

− 0.49 (− 0.69, − 0.29)

< .001

   

eβ (95% CI)

 

1,aIntubation duration (days), median [IQR]

10.0 [4.0, 20.0]

7.0 [2.0, 13.0]

NC

NC

1,aLength of stay (days), median [IQR]

4.0 [2.0, 8.0]

6.0 [3.0, 12.0]

0.86 (0.76, 0.98)

< .001

   

OR (95% CI)

 

2In-hospital mortality, %

4.3%

11.3%

0.98 (0.93, 1.04)

0.565

1Oxygen therapy, %

50.7%

84.0%

0.88 (0.70, 1.11)

0.270

2ICU Admission, %

11.6%

30.8%

0.88 (0.80, 0.98)

0.018

2Mechanical ventilation, %

5.8%

16.6%

0.94 (0.89, 0.99)

0.017

  1. NIH National Institutes of Health, IQR interquartile range, NC non-convergence, OR odds ratio
  2. 1Inverse-Probability-Weighted Regression Adjustment
  3. 2Propensity-score matching
  4. aLog-transformed for modeling