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Table 5 Smoking-attributable risk (AR) of ischaemic heart disease (IHD), chronic bronchitis (CB), and lung emphysema (LE) among Estonian physicians attributable to smoking (%), with 95% CI (population estimates)

From: Cigarette smoking and smoking-attributable diseases among Estonian physicians: a cross-sectional study

Sex

Condition

Unadjusted AR

AR adjusted for age

AR adjusted for age and years smoked

Male

IHD

20.6 (18.0–23.2)

8.6 (5.9–11.3)

3.2 (2.3–4.1)

 

CB

24.2 (22.3–26.5)

17.5 (15.3–20.1)

6.9 (6.0–7.8)

 

LE

53.4 (47.8–61.8)

47.9 (41.9–57.6)

18.8 (17.0–22.5)

 

Any above

20.6 (19.2–22.2)

11.8 (10.3–13.3)

5.2 (4.7–5.8)

Female

IHD

-3.0 (−4.2–-2.1)

-9.7 (-10.8–-8.7)

-0.1 (-0.7–0.4)

 

CB

8.1 (7.0–9.0)

4.8 (3.6–5.8)

4.2 (3.5–4.8)

 

LE

40.9 (30.7–50.0)

35.5 (24.3–45.4)

22.6 (18.5–26.9)

 

Any above

2.1 (1.3–2.7)

-2.7 (-3.5…-2.0)

1.0 (0.7–1.3)