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Table 1 Baseline characteristics and risk factors according to smoking status including tar and nicotine intake (mg/day) among men (n = 4,099)

From: Association of daily tar and nicotine intake with incident myocardial infarction: Results from the population-based MONICA/KORA Augsburg Cohort Study 1984 - 2002

Characteristics

Never-

smokers

Ex-

smokers

Occasional

smokers

Tar intake (mg/day)

Nicotine intake (mg/day)

    

Low

(≤ 129)

Medium

(130 - 259)

High

(≥ 260)

Low

(≤ 8)

Medium

(9 - 16)

High

(≥ 17)

No. of participants (n)

1,181

1,532

141

236

350

659

290

418

537

Mean age (years)

46.0

50.9

43.9

49.3

44.0

42.2

48.2

43.7

42.1

Mean total cholesterol/HDL-C

4.8

5.1

4.8

5.0

5.2

5.5

5.0

5.3

5.6

Mean alcohol consumption (g/day)

26.1

32.4

36.5

34.3

33.1

45.0

34.5

36.5

44.8

Physical inactivity (%)

57.1

55.1

56.0

60.6

56.3

67.7

56.9

58.4

70.2

Actual hypertension (%)

40.6

47.9

36.9

47.9

35.7

36.9

43.5

37.6

36.9

Diabetes (%)

2.5

5.2

2.8

4.7

4.3

3.2

4.1

4.1

3.4

Mean age at smoking onset (years)

-

-

18.9

19.5

18.1

17.6

19.4

18.0

17.6

Mean duration of smoking (years)

-

-

25.7

30.5

26.5

25.2

29.5

26.4

25.2