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. 2024 Nov 28;15:1493663. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1493663

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants according to change in smoking status.

Variable All Change in smoking status p-value
Current smokers Recent quitters Long-term quitters Non-smokers
Number of participants 32,142 6,035
(18.8)
3,650
(11.4)
3,645
(11.3)
18,812
(58.5)
<.001
Sex <.001
 Male 16,782
(52.2)
5,658
(93.8)
3,406
(93.3)
3,482
(95.5)
4,236
(22.5)
 Female 15,360
(47.8)
377
(6.3)
244
(6.7)
163
(4.5)
14,576
(77.5)
Age, years 58.9 ± 11.7 54.3 ± 11.6 58.8 ± 11.3 59.4 ± 10.9 60.3 ± 11.5 <.001
Baseline body mass index (kg/m2) <.001
 <18.5 674
(2.1)
141
(2.3)
62
(1.7)
50
(1.4)
421
(2.2)
 18.5-23 9,793
(30.5)
1,869
(31.0)
983
(26.9)
938
(25.7)
6,003
(31.9)
 23-25 8,449
(26.3)
1,640
(27.2)
1,028
(28.2)
994
(27.3)
4,787
(25.5)
 25-30 11,594
(36.1)
2,090
(34.6)
1,438
(39.4)
1,494
(41.0)
6,572
(34.9)
 ≥30 1,632
(5.1)
295
(4.9)
139
(3.8)
169
(4.6)
1,029
(5.5)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 194.2 ± 42.1 193.4 ± 38.9 190.7 ± 55.8 189.3 ± 38.0 196.1 ± 40.7 <.001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 126.4 ± 15.2 125.7 ± 14.7 127.0 ± 14.4 127.9 ± 14.5 126.2 ± 15.7 <.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 77.4 ± 9.8 78.0 ± 9.7 78.2 ± 9.7 78.4 ± 9.6 76.8 ± 9.8 <.001
Household income <.001
 Low 5,052
(15.7)
927
(15.4)
521
(14.3)
462
(12.7)
3,142
(16.7)
 Middle 13,303
(41.4)
2,700
(44.7)
1,423
(39.0)
1,389
(38.1)
7,791
(41.4)
 High 13,787
(42.9)
2,408
(39.9)
1,706
(46.7)
1,794
(49.2)
7,879
(41.9)
Alcohol consumption (days/week) <.001
 <1 20,068
(62.4)
1,852
(30.7)
1,616
(44.3)
1,469
(40.3)
15,131
(80.4)
 1-4 10,385
(32.3)
3,550
(58.8)
1,708
(46.8)
1,835
(50.3)
3,292
(17.5)
 ≥5 1,689
(5.3)
633
(10.5)
326
(8.9)
341
(9.4)
389
(2.1)
Physical activity (days/week) <.001
 <1 19,875
(61.8)
3,397
(56.3)
1,973
(54.1)
1,840
(50.5)
12,665
(67.3)
 1-4 9,761
(30.4)
2,247
(37.2)
1,336
(36.6)
1,399
(38.4)
4,779
(25.4)
 ≥5 2,506
(7.8)
391
(6.5)
341
(9.3)
406
(11.1)
1,368
(7.3)
Comorbidity
 Hypertension 16,457
(51.2)
2,633
(43.6)
1,893
(51.9)
2,002
(54.9)
9,929
(52.8)
<.001
 Dyslipidemia 11,346
(35.3)
2,000
(33.1)
1,202
(32.9)
1,329
(36.5)
6,815
(36.2)
<.001
 Cancer 1,308
(4.1)
140
(2.3)
195
(5.3)
207
(5.7)
766
(4.1)
<.001

p-value represents statistical difference in basic characteristics among study participants according to change in smoking status. p-values are calculated by ANOVA test, or Chi-square test. Data are expressed as the mean±standard deviation, or number of participants (%).

Italicized value means total number of study participants in our study.