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Table 2 Population characteristics

From: The effects of recreational cannabis use on glycemic outcomes and self-management behaviours in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: a rapid review

First author, year

Sample size, mean age (SD), gender/sex distributiona

Type of diabetes; duration of illnessb [years, mean (SD)]

Diabetes treatment

Comorbidities/complications

Exclusion criteria

Akturk, 2019 [21]

Group 1: 134, 31.3 (11.1), 55.2% female

Group 2: 316, 39.1 (14.2), 40.2% female

Group 1: TID; 16.3 (–) years

Group 2: TID; 20.9 (–)

Continuous glucose monitoring: 45.% Group 1, 55.1%

Group 2

Insulin pump: 50.7% Group 1, 66.5% Group 2

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Patients with diabetes other than T1D, pregnancy, and repeat follow-up visits within the study duration

Helgeson, 2016 [22]

132, 23 (–), 56% female

TID; 15.8 (--)

Insulin (units/day):

median 50 (IQR 30-65)

Insulin pump therapy:

79/183 (43%)

Indications of neuropathy (vibratory thresholds above age-specific norms): 17%;

uACR above 30 mg/g: 7%

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Hogendorf, 2016 [23]

209, 16.5 (1), 48.8% female, 51.2% male

TID; 6.5 (4.4)

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Age 15–18 years

Thurheimer-Cacciotti, 2017 [24]

75, 24.3 (4.1), 100% female

TID–

–

–

–

Winhusen, 2018 [25]

1184

– (–),

–

T2D –

–

–

–

Wisk, 2018 [26]

138

20.5 (1.5)

80.40% female

T2D, 10.9 (5.2)^

Insulin pump users: 84.1%

Testing blood sugar > 5 times/day: 44.2%

> 3 HbA1c tests in the past year: 65.9%

Average last HbA1c: 7.6

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  1. SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, T1D type 1 diabetes, uACR urinary albumin/creatinine ratio, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin
  2. aValues are provided as reported in the studies; calculations for missing values have not been conducted to avoid assumptions regarding the gender distribution of study samples
  3. bAll studies reported the mean duration of illness except where indicated by ^which reported the age at diagnosis [years, mean (SD)]