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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of adults with completed drug questionnaire and accelerometer use, national health and nutrition examination survey 2005–2006.

From: Cannabis use, sedentary behavior, and physical activity in a nationally representative sample of US adults

 

Overall sample

N = 2,092

Current users

n = 249

Non-current users

n = 1,843

p

Age, mean (SD)

40.3 (11.1)

34.2 (10.8)

41.1 (10.9)

 < 0.001

Sex, n (%)

   

 < 0.001

Male

1072 (51.2)

178 (71.5)

894 (48.5)

 

Female

1020 (48.8)

71 (28.5)

949 (51.5)

 

Race/Ethnicity, n (%)

   

 < 0.01

Non-Hispanic White

990 (47.3)

135 (54.2)

855 (46.4)

 

Hispanic

511 (24.4)

33 (13.3)

478 (25.9)

 

Non-Hispanic Black

501 (24)

71 (28.5)

430 (23.3)

 

Other/Multi-Racial

90 (4.3)

10 (4.0)

80 (4.3)

 

Income-to-poverty ratio, mean (SD)a

3.3 (1.6)

2.8 (1.6)

3.3 (1.6)

 < 0.002

Education level, n (%)

   

 < 0.002

 < 9th Grade

161 (7.7)

8 (3.2)

153 (8.3)

 

9th–11th Grade

281 (13.4)

52 (20.9)

229 (12.4)

 

High school

Graduate/GED

480 (22.9)

65 (26.1)

415 (22.5)

 

Some college/AA degree

714 (34.1)

98 (39.4)

616 (33.4)

 

College graduate or above

456 (21.8)

26 (10.4)

430 (22.3)

 

Body mass index, mean (SD)

Current cigarette smoker, n (%)

28.7 (7)

449 (21.5)

26.5 (5.3)

126 (51)

28 (7.1)

323 (17.5)

 < 0.001

 < 0.002

Alcohol use, mean (SD)a

1.1 (1.8)

2.1 (2.2)

1.0 (1.7)

 < 0.001

  1. SD = Standard deviation; GED = General education development or high school equivalency; AA = associates of arts. Bolded text represents statistically significant effects.