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Marijuana Use and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Marijuana use has become more widely accepted in the United States and has been legalized in many areas. Although it is biologically plausible that marijuana could affect kidney function, epidemiologic data are lacking.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

We conducted a cohort study among young adults with preserved eGFR (i.e., eGFR?60 ml/min per 1.73 m²) using data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. At scheduled examinations occurring every 5 years and starting at study year 10 (calendar years, 1995-1996), cystatin C was collected over a 10-year period, and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio was collected over a 15-year period. We investigated the cross-sectional association between current and cumulative marijuana use (in marijuana-years; one marijuana-year equals 365 days of marijuana use) and eGFR by cystatin C (eGFR_cys) at year 10. In longitudinal analyses, we investigated the association between cumulative marijuana use and eGFR_cys change and rapid (?3%/year) eGFR_cys decline over two 5-year intervals and prevalent albuminuria (urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio ?30 mg/g) over a 15-year period.

Results

Past or current marijuana use was reported by 83% (3131 of 3765) of the cohort, and the mean eGFR_cys was 111 ml/min per 1.73 m² at year 10. Over the following 10 years, 504 had rapid eGFR_cys decline, and over the following 15 years, 426 had prevalent albuminuria. Compared with no use, daily current use and ?5 marijuana-years of cumulative use were associated with lower eGFR_cys at year 10: -4.5% (95% confidence interval, -8.1 to -0.7%; P=0.02) and -3.0% (95% confidence interval, -5.6 to -0.4%; P=0.03), respectively. Marijuana use was not significantly associated with eGFR_cys change, rapid eGFR_cys decline, or prevalent albuminuria.

Conclusions

Although we identified a modest cross-sectional association between higher marijuana exposure and lower eGFR_cys among young adults with preserved eGFR, our findings were largely null and did not demonstrate a longitudinal association between marijuana use and eGFR_cys change, rapid eGFR_cys decline, or prevalent albuminuria.

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SUBMITTER: Ishida JH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5628707 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Marijuana Use and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Young Adults.

Ishida Julie H JH Auer Reto R Vittinghoff Eric E Pletcher Mark J MJ Reis Jared P JP Sidney Stephen S Johansen Kirsten L KL Bibbins-Domingo Kirsten K Peralta Carmen A CA Shlipak Michael G MG

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 20170824 10

<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Marijuana use has become more widely accepted in the United States and has been legalized in many areas. Although it is biologically plausible that marijuana could affect kidney function, epidemiologic data are lacking.<h4>Design, setting, participants, & measurements</h4>We conducted a cohort study among young adults with preserved eGFR (<i>i.e.</i>, eGFR≥60 ml/min per 1.73 m<sup>2</sup>) using data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CAR ...[more]

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Marijuana Use and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Young Adults.

Background and objectives

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Results

Conclusions

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Marijuana Use and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Young Adults.

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