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Table 1 Baseline characteristics and CVD/CHD incidence of study participants based on smoking status

From: Smoking habits and incidence of cardiovascular diseases in men and women: findings of a 12 year follow up among an urban Eastern-Mediterranean population

 

Men (n = 4378)

P value

Women (n = 6022)

P value

Never smoker (n = 1895) (43.3%)

Passive smoker (n = 831) (19%)

Ex-smoker (n = 454) (10.4%)

Passive & ex-smoker (n = 207) (4.7%)

Occasional smoker (n = 98) (2.2%)

Daily smoker (n = 893) (20.4)

Never smoker (n = 4531) (75.2%)

Passive smoker (n = 1251) (20.8%)

Ever smoker (n = 240) (4%)

Age

43.97 ± 16.4

36.64 ± 13.1

51.13 ± 15.7

41.40 ± 13.1

39.56 ± 12.9

42.17 ± 12.6

< 0.001

40.74 ± 14.2

37.72 ± 12.9

46.28 ± 13.3

< 0.001

Education level n (%)

 Illiterate

107(5.6)

17(2.1)

37(8.1)

10(4.8)

3(3.1)

28(3.1)

< 0.001

490(10.8)

111(8.9)

46(19.2)

< 0.001

 Lower than diploma

663(35.0)

230(27.7)

210(46.3)

72(34.8)

34(34.7)

364(40.9)

 

1828(40.4)

517(41.4)

88(36.7)

 

 Diploma

731(38.6)

426(51.4)

129(28.4)

95(45.9)

40(40.8)

383(43.0)

 

1695(37.4)

502(40.2)

84(35.0)

 

 Higher

394(20.8)

156(18.8)

78(17.2)

30(14.5)

21(21.4)

116(13.0)

 

515(11.4)

120(9.6)

22(9.2)

 

Marital status n (%)

 Single

380(20.1)

259(31.2)

40(8.8)

28(13.5)

18(18.4)

131(14.7)

< 0.001

573(12.6)

204(16.3)

12(5.0)

< 0.001

 Widowed/divorced

14(0.7)

3(0.4)

8(1.8)

1(0.5)

1(1.0)

9(1.0)

 

428(9.4)

74(5.9)

48(20.0)

 

 Married

1501(79.2)

569(68.4)

406(89.4)

178(86.0)

79(80.6)

753(84.3)

 

3530(78.0)

973(77.8)

180(75.0)

 

Occupation n(%)

 Unemployed

231(12.2)

98(11.8)

37(8.2)

12(5.8)

12(12.2)

55(6.2)

< 0.001

2832(84.6)

1049(83.9)

197(82.1)

< 0.001

 Unemployed with income

374(19.7)

35(4.2)

137(30.2)

23(11.1)

10(10.2)

102(11.4)

 

192(4.2)

28(2.2)

19(7.9)

 

 Employed

1289(68.1)

698(84.0)

279(61.6)

172(83.1)

76(77.6)

735(82.4)

 

507(11.2)

174(13.9)

24(10.0)

 

Physical activity n(%)

 Low

1036(56.9)

446(55.7)

264(59.6)

101(51.6)

54(55.7)

606(68.2)

< 0.001

2533(59.4)

710(59.3)

143(60.8)

0.655

 Moderate

307(16.9)

145(18.1)

59(13.3)

34(17.3)

22(22.7)

116(13.0)

 

619(14.5)

167(14.0)

26(11.1)

 

 High

477(26.2)

210(26.2)

120(27.1)

61(31.1)

21(21.6)

167(18.8)

 

1115(26.1)

320(26.7)

66(28.1)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

25.95 ± 4.0

25.71 ± 4.2

26.22 ± 4.0

26.28 ± 3.9

26.55 ± 4.5

25.12 ± 4.2

< 0.001

27.39 ± 5.1

27.35 ± 5.2

27.94 ± 4.3

0.147

FBS (mmol/l)

5.43 ± 1.60

5.19 ± 1.21

5.70 ± 1.90

5.46 ± 1.74

5.45 ± 1.64

5.32 ± 1.63

< 0.001

5.36 ± 1.80

5.28 ± 1.70

5.53 ± 2.12

0.094

TG (mmol/l)*

1.67 (1.11–2.42)

1.63 (1.10–2.41)

1.83 (1.31–2.60)

1.65 (1.15–2.56

1.93 (1.34–2.70

1.80 (1.20–2.61)

< 0.001

1.47 (0.99–2.21)

1.40 (0.96–2.07)

1.55 (1.08–2.23)

0.004

Chol (mmol/l)

5.17 ± 1.08

5.04 ± 1.12

5.35 ± 1.14

5.11 ± 1.31

5.44 ± 1.06

5.25 ± 1.14

< 0.001

5.39 ± 1.26

5.23 ± 1.19

5.55 ± 1.26

< 0.001

HDL-C (mmol/l)

1.01 ± 0.24

0.98 ± 0.23

0.98 ± 0.22

0.99 ± 0.23

0.97 ± 0.26

0.96 ± 0.25

< 0.001

1.17 ± 0.29

1.16 ± 0.30

1.13 ± 0.27

0.179

LDL-C (mmol/l)

3.29 ± 0.90

3.21 ± 0.95

3.45 ± 0.94

3.21 ± 0.97

3.52 ± 0.90

3.36 ± 0.96

< 0.001

3.43 ± 1.04

3.30 ± 0.96

3.62 ± 1.04

< 0.001

SBP (mmHg)

122.1 ± 18.9

118.04 ± 14.8

124.4 ± 19.7

119.5 ± 17.5

118.2 ± 16.7

114.6 ± 15.8

< 0.001

117.4 ± 19.4

115.3 ± 18.6

117.7 ± 20.4

0.002

DBP (mmHg)

78.6 ± 11.1

77.8 ± 10.2

78.1 ± 11.2

78.4 ± 11.6

78.1 ± 11.6

74.0 ± 10.46

< 0.001

76.8 ± 10.9

76.1 ± 10.4

76.2 ± 11.1

0.153

With CVD

161 (8.5)

42 (5.5)

61 (13.4)

19 (9.2)

11 (11.2)

104 (11.2)

< 0.001

213 (4.7)

46 (3.7)

15 (6.3)

0.133

With CHD

133 (7.0)

42 (5.1)

49 (10.8)

19 (9.2)

9 (9.2)

92 (10.3)

< 0.001

183 (4.0)

40 (3.2)

13 (5.4)

0.189

  1. Normally distributed continuous variables are presented as mean ± SD and p value was calculated with ANOVA; * Skewed continuous variables are presented as median (Q1-Q3) and p value was calculated with Kruskal-Wallis; Categorical variables are presented as number (%) and p value was calculated with Chi-square test. BMI body mass index, FBS fasting blood sugar, TG triglycerides, Chol cholesterol, HDL-C high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, LDL-C low density lipoprotein-cholesterol, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, CVD cardiovascular disease, CHD coronary heart disease. P < 0.05 has been considered significant