Characteristics | Never- smokers | Ex- smokers | Occasional smokers | Tar intake (mg/day) | Nicotine intake (mg/day) | ||||
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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 |