Coronary disease & ACSCohort study
Association of Smoking Cannabis With Cardiovascular Events Among Veterans With Coronary Artery Disease
- Prospective cohort study
- survey nonresponse and propensity score-based weights
Authors' conclusion
In this cohort of older veterans with coronary artery disease, self-reported cannabis use was not independently associated with increased cardiovascular events over a mean of 3.3 years of follow-up.
Study context
- Population
- Older veterans (66 to 68 years) with CAD, born 1950 to 1952
- Participants
- 4,285 veterans
- Exposure
- Smoking cannabis vs not smoking cannabis
- Smoking cannabisn = 1,015
- No cannabis smokingn = 3,122reference
- Outcome
- Composite of:
- Fatal and nonfatal stroke
- Fatal and nonfatal acute MI
- CV death
- Follow-up
- Mean 3.3 years
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Adjusted hazard ratio
0.87
95% CI 0.61–1.24
Smoking cannabis vs No cannabis smoking
adjusted HR 0.87 (95% CI 0.61–1.24)
- Total events
- 563
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Composite outcome, any form of cannabis use vs nonuse (past 30 days)
- Any form of cannabis use not associated with the composite outcome
Original publication
Association of Smoking Cannabis With Cardiovascular Events Among Veterans With Coronary Artery Disease. Circulation. Published 21 July 2025. doi:10.1161/circulationaha.124.073193
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it