Table 2.

Generalized Linear Model Regression Results^#

Variable	Estimate	Standard Error*	P-value
Age	0.021141	0.0041779	0.000
Gender (male=1)	−0.1631995	0.1175306	0.165
Years smoked	−0.0044493	0.0079547	0.576
Amount Smoked (1 if more than one pack per day on average during period when smoker)	−0.1081014	0.1306493	0.408
Smoking status adjusted Chronic Disease Score	0.0004978	0.0000275	0.000
Never Smoker Results
Never Smokers	6.951912	0.1812939	0.000
Never Smokers at 2nd year postindex date	−0.4552492	0.1449004	0.002
Never Smokers at 3rd year postindex date	−0.2698587	0.1539378	0.080
Never Smokers at 4th year postindex date	−0.267589	0.1515546	0.077
Never Smokers at 5th year postindex date	−0.2801944	0.1348713	0.038
Never Smokers at 6th year postindex date	−0.2894081	0.1181291	0.014
Continuing Smoker Results
Continuing Smokers	7.534945	0.306946	0.000
Continuing Smokers at 2nd year postindex date	−0.473149	0.0908107	0.000
Continuing Smokers at 3rd year postindex date	−0.4735299	0.1328942	0.000
Continuing Smokers at 4th year postindex date	−0.2226533	0.1615293	0.168
Continuing Smokers at 5th year postindex date	−0.174815	0.1418589	0.218
Continuing Smokers at 6th year postindex date	−0.3593193	0.1478066	0.015
Former Smoker Results
Former Smokers	8.0235	0.2863548	0.000
Former Smokers at 2nd year postindex date	−0.8872	0.1379016	0.000
Former Smokers at 3rd year postindex date	−0.4282	0.2383935	0.072
Former Smokers at 4th year postindex date	−0.4245	0.2932646	0.148
Former Smokers at 5th year postindex date	−0.5444	0.1771111	0.002
Former Smokers at 6h year postindex date	−0.25741	0.2381042	0.280

^#Generalized Linear Model estimated with an independent structure to the correlation matrix.

^*Standard Errors are based on the Huber/White “sandwich” estimate.