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Heavy Marijuana Use Tied to Midlife Prediabetes, Not Diabetes

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 09/15/2015 - 14:53

Compared with young adults who had never smoked marijuana, those who had used it more than 100 times were 40% more likely to develop prediabetes by the time they were middle aged, in a new observational study.

However, heavy use of pot in young adulthood was not associated with an increased risk of developing diabetes in middle age.

These findings, based on an analysis of data from theCoronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study — which looked at more than 3000 participants when they were roughly 32 years old and then 50 years old — werepublished online September 13 in Diabetologia.

"We tried to capture…marijuana use in young adulthood, when you would assume it would be the highest" and then look for the development of prediabetes or diabetes, Michael P Banks, PhD, from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health in Minneapolis, told Medscape Medical News.

"It is unclear...

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