Adverse childhood experiences, marijuana use and subjective cognitive decline by race/ethnicity and sexual orientation
摘要
The aims of this study were to determine the mediating role of marijuana use in the association between ACEs and SCD and the potential differences by race/ethnicity and sexual orientation. Data were obtained from the 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (N = 21,132). Mediation analysis was used to determine the mediating role of marijuana use between ACEs and SCD. Adjusted analyses controlled for sociodemographic and health status confounders. Overall, there was a direct association between ACEs and marijuana use (β = 0.300, p < 0.001), marijuana use and SCD (β = 0.003, p < 0.001); and between ACEs and SCD (β = 0.016, p < 0.001). Marijuana use mediated the association between ACEs and SCD in the overall population (β = 0.001, p < 0.001). Specifically, marijuana use mediated the association between ACEs and SCD among heterosexual (β = 0.001, p = 0.001) and White (β = 0.001, p < 0.001) respondents. Future research should examine additional pathways between ACEs and SCD, especially for racial/ethnic and sexual minoritized populations.