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. 2023 Aug 10;10:1218051. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1218051

Table 3.

Association between smoking status, serum cotinine concentrations, and risk of kidney stones.

Exposure OR (95% CI), P
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Smoking status, category
Non-smokers Ref Ref Ref Ref
Former smokers 1.08 (0.99, 1.18), 0.095 1.07 (0.97, 1.18), 0.182 1.06 (0.96, 1.17), 0.288 1.05 (0.96, 1.15), 0.249
Current smokers 1.19 (1.07, 1.32), <0.001 1.18 (1.05, 1.31), 0.004 1.17 (1.04, 1.31), 0.009 1.16 (1.05, 1.28), 0.005
P for trend <0.001 0.004 0.010 -
Serum cotinine concentrations
Log2-transformed serum cotinine (ng/ml) 1.02 (1.01, 1.03), <0.001 1.02 (1.01, 1.03), <0.001 1.02 (1.01, 1.03), <0.001 1.02 (1.01, 1.03), <0.001
Cotinine level, category
<0.05 ng/ml Ref Ref Ref Ref
0.05–2.99 ng/ml 1.16 (1.04, 1.28), 0.005 1.16 (1.04, 1.30), 0.006 1.15 (1.03, 1.29), 0.013 1.15 (1.04, 1.28), 0.007
≥3.00 ng/ml 1.25 (1.14, 1.38), <0.001 1.25 (1.12, 1.39), <0.001 1.22 (1.10, 1.37), <0.001 1.23 (1.11, 1.36), <0.001
P for trend <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 -

Model 1 adjusted age, sex, race, and BMI; Model 2 adjusted for Model 1 plus marital status, education, family PIR, and physical activity; Model 3 adjusted for Model 2 plus serum uric acid, hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes, and gout; Model 4 represented the effect values integrated after MI based on Model 3.