Neither recent nor lifetime cannabis use is associated with a higher prevalence of hypertension or high blood pressure among older adults, according to data published in the journal Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine.
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego assessed the relationship between cannabis smoking and systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), pulse pressure (PP), and hypertension in an ethnically diverse sample of 3,255 older adults (average age: 74). “No associations were found between a history of regular cannabis smoking, duration, or recency of smoking, and either SBP, DBP, or PP, or the prevalence of hypertension,” researchers reported.
Prior research published by the same team of scientists in October concluded that people with a history of cannabis use don’t possess higher rates of atherosclerotic disease in older adulthood.
