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Table 2 Associations between smoking status and longevity (reaching the age of 85) in 821 initially healthy middle-aged men

From: Life style and longevity among initially healthy middle-aged men: prospective cohort study

Daily number of cigarettes

n

Survived 85 yrs

Unadjusted

Adjusted

n (%)

OR

[95% CI]

p-value

OR

[95% CI]

p-value

[95% CI]

      

0 (reference)

452

168 (37.2%)

-

-

-

-

-

-

[32.8–41.7%]

1–9

156

46 (29.5%)

0.71

[0.48–1.05]

0.084

0.68

[0.45–1.02]

0.060

[27.7–37.0%]

≥10

213

38 (17.8%)

0.37

[0.25-0.55]

<0.001

0.39

[0.26-0.58]

<0.001

[13.1–23.4%]

  1. Both unadjusted results, and results adjusted for age, BMI, physical fitness, cholesterol and systolic blood pressure, are presented.