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

Table 2.

Association between change in smoking status and the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality.

Outcome Change in smoking status Number of
study participants
Event Person-years Incidence rates
(per 1,000 person-years)
Unadjusted Model Adjusted Model 1 Adjusted Model 2
HR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) p-value
Cardiovascular disease Current smokers 6,035 1,003 45,743 21.9 1.00 1.00 1.00
Recent quitters 3,650 706 27,418 25.7 1.18
(1.07, 1.29)
<.001 0.96
(0.87, 1.06)
0.397 0.94
(0.85, 1.03)
0.192
Long-term quitters 3,645 649 27,553 23.6 1.07
(0.97, 1.19)
0.156 0.85
(0.77, 0.94)
0.002 0.82
(0.74, 0.90)
<.001
Non-smokers 18,812 3,487 145,693 23.9 1.09
(1.02, 1.17)
0.015 0.87
(0.79, 0.94)
<.001 0.82
(0.75, 0.90)
<.001
Mortality Current smokers 6,035 836 49,895 16.8 1.00 1.00 1.00
Recent quitters 3,650 523 30,324 17.2 1.02
(0.91, 1.14)
0.745 0.67
(0.60, 0.75)
<.001 0.67
(0.60, 0.75)
<.001
Long-term quitters 3,645 478 30,276 15.8 0.96
(0.86, 1.07)
0.467 0.62
(0.55, 0.69)
<.001 0.62
(0.56, 0.70)
<.001
Non-smokers 18,812 1,886 160,562 11.7 0.67
(0.62, 0.73)
<.001 0.55
(0.50, 0.61)
<.001 0.55
(0.50, 0.61)
<.001

Model 1: adjusted for sex, and age; Model 2: adjusted for sex, age, baseline body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, household income, alcohol consumption, physical activity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and cancer.

CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.