Medical cannabis use in the United States: a retrospective database study

Table 3 Univariate analysis of differences of key characteristics of 56,860 patients seeking medical cannabis certification by gender

Characteristic	Male n = 33,651	Female n = 23,209	p-value
Characteristic	n (%) or mean (SD)	n (%) or mean (SD)	p-value
Smoking Status
Smoker	6619 (19.7%)	4063 (17.5%)	< 0.001
Non-smoker	27,032 (80.3%)	19,146 (82.5%)	< 0.001
Alcohol Consumption
Yes	13,880 (41.2%)	9971 (43.0%)	< 0.001
No	19,771 (58.8%)	13,238 (57.0%)	< 0.001
Previous Cannabis Experience
Yes	23,553 (70.0%)	15,474 (66.7%)	< 0.001
No	10,098 (30.0%)	7735 (33.3%)	< 0.001
History of Substance Abuse
Yes	2092 (6.2%)	997 (4.3%)	< 0.001
No	31,559 (93.8%)	22,212 (95.7%)	< 0.001
Medication Usage
None	21,268 (63.2%)	11,010 (47.4%)	< 0.001
At least one	12,383 (36.8%)	12,199 (52.6%)	< 0.001
Average Number of Medications* (n = 27,106)	4.0 (3.6)	4.4 (3.7)	< 0.001
Average Number of Conditions	3.3 (2.3)	4.1 (2.9)	< 0.001

Table 3 summarizes the univariate analysis of differences of key patient characteristics by gender among 56,860 patients for whom gender was reported. Percentages are calculated from the sample size for each respective column. Chi-squared tests were conducted for differences in proportions of males and females for all characteristics, except average number of medications and average number of conditions, in which t-tests were conducted. SD = standard deviation. *Average number of medications is calculated for those reporting at least one medication (n = 27,106)

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