Relation between awareness of circulatory disorders and smoking in a general population health examination

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Adjusted associations of the number of circulatory disorders with being a current smoker compared to former smoker

	Current smoker
	Odds ratio	Confidence interval*
Number of central circulatory disorders
0	ref
1	0.88	0.72 – 1.09
2 – 6	0.60	0.43 – 0.83
Number of peripheral circulatory disorders
0	ref
1	0.99	0.73 – 1.33
2	0.87	0.42 – 1.79
Consulted a physician during the last 12 months
No ^†	ref
Yes	0.61	0.47 – 0.78
Inpatient treatment during the last 12 months
No ^†	ref
Yes	0.78	0.62 – 0.98
Smoking cessation counseling^†
No	ref
Yes	3.16	1.97–5.09
Heavy smoker
No ^‡	ref
Yes ^§	0.69	0.59–0.81
Exercise
No	ref
2 hours per week or less	0.54	0.46–0.65
more than 2 hours per week	0.46	0.37–0.57
Body mass index
less than 25.00	ref
25.00 – 29.99	0.58	0.49–0.70
30.00 or higher	0.53	0.43–0.67
School education
9 years or less	ref
10 – 12 years	0.73	0.62–0.87
13 or more years	0.59	0.46–0.76
Sex
male	ref
female	1.10	0.93–1.30
Age
18 – 29	ref
30 – 39	0.31	0.23–0.42
40 – 49	0.20	0.15–0.26
50 – 59	0.14	0.10–0.19
60 – 69	0.07	0.05–0.10
70 – 79	0.05	0.03–0.07

N = 3,474 ever smokers.
Logistic regression analysis, all variables in the table were entered into the model.
* 95 %.
Central circulatory disorders: hypertension, myocardial infarction, other coronary artery disease, heart failure, stroke, other cerebrovascular disease.
Peripheral circulatory disorders: peripheral vascular disease, venous thrombosis.
ref Reference category.
^† No or do not know.
^‡ 19 or less cigarettes per day or occasional smoker.
^§ 20 or more cigarettes per day.

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