A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cannabis Use Frequency and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: Scapegoat or Healer?

Cureus · 2025 · PMC12553400 · PMID 41141207

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.16not close (p > 0.1)

The combined results revealed an SMD of 0.30, 95%CI (-0.12 to 0.71), which did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.16), as shown in Figure 6 .

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an apparent trendno p-value reported

Although there is an apparent trend toward higher values in cannabis users, the current evidence does not allow us to conclude that there is a significant difference between the groups.

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