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Table 1 Selected prospective studies of cigar smoking and mortality

From: Systematic review of cigar smoking and all cause and smoking related mortality

Author

Publication year

Country

Cohort name

Follow-up

Total participants

Total current cigar and/pipe smokers

Age range

Effect measure reported

Kahn [28]

1966

US

Dorn study

1954-1957

to 1962

248,195

N/A

31 to 84

SMR

Best [15]

1966

Canada

Canadian Study of Smoking and Health

1956

to 1962

92,000

1,594

30 to 90

SMR

Cole [19]

1974

Denmark

 

1958

to 1972

183

N/A

55 to 64

Calculated IRR

Gordon [36]

1974

US

Framingham

1948-1953

to 1966-1970

2,336

311

29 to 62

Calculated IRR

Doll [22]

1976

UK

Male British Doctors

1951

to 1971

34,440

N/A

20 and older

Calculated SMR

Jajich [27]

1984

US

Cook County, IL

1965

to 1970

2,674

265 (18 females)

65 to 74

IRR

Carstensen [17]

1987

Sweden

Swedish Census Cohort

1963

to 1979

25,129

N/A

18 to 69

SMR

Sandler [29]

1989

US

Washington, County, MD

1963

to 1975

46,926

1,671 (10 females)

25 and older

IRR, 95% CI

Hsing [25]

1990

US

Dorn study

1954-1957

to 1980

249,829

N/A

31 to 84

IRR, 95% CI

Strachan [34]

1991

UK

Nested case–control within Whitehall study cohort

1967-1969

to 1987

18,403

N/A

40 to 64 years

OR, 95% CI

Lange [30]

1992

Denmark

Copenhagen City Heart Study

1976

to 1989

14,214

808 (770 females)

20 and older

HR, 95% CI

Chow [21]

1992

US

Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance Society

1966

to 1986

17,818

N/A

35 years and older

IRR, 95% CI

Chow [20]

1993

US

Dorn study

1954-1957

to 1980

248,046

N/A

31 to 84

IRR, 95% CI

Ben-Shlomo [16]

1994

UK

Whitehall study

1967-1969

to 1987

19,018

763

40 to 69

Calculated IRR

Heineman [24]

1995

US

Dorn study

1954-1957

to 1980

248,046

N/A

31 to 84

IRR, 95% CI

Haheim [23]

1996

Finland

Oslo study

1972

to 1992

16,173

1,623

40 to 49

HR, 95% CI

Wald [35]

1997

UK

British United Provident Association

1975-1982

to 1993

21,520

1,831

35 to 64

HR, 95% CI

Shanks [31]

1998

US

CPS-I

1959-1960

to 1972

442,455

15,191 (primary)

30 and older

IRR, 95% CI

Jacobs [26]

1999

US

CPS-II

1982

to 1991

121,278

6,914

30 years or older

HR, 95% CI

Shapiro [33]

2000

US

CPS-II

1982

to 1994

508,353

7,888

30 years or older

HR, 95% CI

Chao [18]

2002

US

CPS-II

1982

to 1996

467,788

6,945

30 years or older

HR, 95% CI

Shaper [32]

2003

UK

British Regional Heart Study

1978-1989

to 2000

7,121

730

40 to 59

HR, 95% CI