Figure 2.

Forest plot of hazard ratio for the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality according to waist gain after smoking cessation. Cox proportional hazards model was constructed to examine the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality according to waist gain after smoking cessation. Hazard ratio was calculated adjusting for sex, age, baseline body mass index, household income level, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, alcohol consumption, physical activity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cancer.