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. 2006 Aug 19;333(7564):376. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38834.522894.2F

Table 4.

Association between mortality and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in the Shanghai women's health study. Values are hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals*

Type of exposure
All causes of death
Cause of death
Cancer (all types) Lung cancer Cardiovascular disease Stroke
Husband(n=65 180)
Ever exposed 1.11 (0.99 to 1.25) 1.08 (0.91 to 1.27) 1.09 (0.74 to 1.61) 1.18 (0.92 to 1.51) 1.33 (0.96 to 1.84)
Former 1.01 (0.85 to 1.22) 1.15 (0.90 to 1.47) 1.15 (0.65 to 2.04) 0.75 (0.49 to 1.12) 0.92 (0.54 to 1.52)
Current 1.15 (1.01 to 1.31) 1.05 (0.88 to 1.26) 1.06 (0.69 to 1.63) 1.37 (1.06 to 1.78) 1.52 (1.08 to 2.15)
Pack years of exposure:
<8.8 1.14 (0.94 to 1.38) 1.26 (0.98 to 1.63) 1.62 (0.86 to 2.70) 1.10 (0.72 to 1.69) 1.35 (0.79 to 2.31)
8.8-17.9 1.09 (0.91 to 1.31) 1.03 (0.80 to 1.33) 1.39 (0.81 to 2.39) 1.12 (0.76 to 1.64) 1.25 (0.76 to 2.07)
≥18.0 1.11 (0.97 to 1.28) 1.02 (0.84 to 1.25) 0.79 (0.48 to 1.31) 1.22 (0.93 to 1.61) 1.36 (0.94 to 1.96)
Trend test P=0.155 P=0.811 P=0.589 P=0.080 P=0.029
Workplace(n=66 520)
Ever exposed 1.08 (0.91 to 1.28) 1.19 (0.94 to 1.50) 1.79 (1.09 to 2.93) 0.92 (0.64 to 1.32) 0.73 (0.44 to 1.20)
Years of exposure:
<10 1.04 (0.79 to 1.37) 1.03 (0.70 to 1.51) 1.58 (0.73 to 3.45) 0.86 (0.47 to 1.57) 0.47 (0.17 to 1.29)
10-24 1.06 (0.82 to 1.38) 1.20 (0.85 to 1.70) 1.28 (0.57 to 2.87) 0.96 (0.56 to 1.65) 0.95 (0.47 to 1.90)
>24 1.14 (0.89 to 1.45) 1.31 (0.95 to 1.81) 2.45 (1.32 to 4.56) 0.93 (0.54 to 1.58) 0.74 (0.35 to 1.56)
Trend test P=0.292 P=0.076 P=0.003 P=0.864 P=0.520
In early life(n=66 520)
Ever exposed 0.98 (0.85 to 1.14) 0.79 (0.63 to 0.98) 0.88 (0.55 to 1.43) 1.26 (0.94 to 1.69) 1.10 (0.74 to 1.63)
Years of exposure:
<20 0.96 (0.80 to 1.14) 0.77 (0.59 to 1.01) 0.88 (0.50 to 1.55) 1.21 (0.86 to 1.70) 0.91 (0.56 to 1.47)
≥20 1.03 (0.83 to 1.28) 0.81 (0.59 to 1.11) 0.89 (0.45 to 1.77) 1.36 (0.90 to 2.05) 1.46 (0.86 to 2.45)
Trend test P=0.807 P=0.077 P=0.980 P=0.029 P=0.342
All 3 sources (n=59 675)
Ever exposed 1.15 (0.95 to 1.41) 1.06 (0.80 to 1.40) 1.03 (0.57 to 1.87) 1.45 (0.95 to 2.22) 1.64 (0.91 to 2.95)
Source of exposure:
Husband only 1.26 (0.99 to 1.59) 1.25 (0.90 to 1.74) 0.89 (0.42 to 1.92) 1.52 (0.92 to 2.50) 2.21 (1.15 to 4.24)
Early life only 0.89 (0.61 to 1.28) 0.41 (0.20 to 0.82) 0.21 (0.03 to 1.61) 1.82 (0.96 to 3.43) 1.86 (0.77 to 4.46)
Workplace only 1.28 (0.92 to 1.79) 1.71 (1.13 to 2.58) 2.23 (0.95 to 5.27) 0.80 (0.32 to 1.96) 0.49 (0.11 to 2.18)
Husband+early life 1.07 (0.82 to 1.40) 0.91 (0.61 to 1.35) 0.81 (0.34 to 1.94) 1.42 (0.82 to 2.45) 1.25 (0.56 to 2.77)
Husband+workplace 0.99 (0.69 to 1.42) 0.81 (0.48 to 1.36) 1.24 (0.44 to 3.51) 1.30 (0.62 to 2.74) 1.47 (0.55 to 3.91)
Early life+workplace 1.13 (0.74 to 1.72) 1.00 (0.56 to 1.79) 0.77 (0.17 to 3.43) 1.11 (0.42 to 2.93) 0.88 (0.20 to 3.91)
All 1.38 (1.00 to 1.89) 1.14 (0.73 to 1.79) 2.17 (0.94 to 5.03) 1.74 (0.89 to 3.40) 2.16 (0.91 to 5.13)
*

Derived from Cox regression models with age as the time to scale; also adjusted for education, occupation, family income, physical activity, body mass index, and intake of meat, vegetables, and fruit.

Regardless of whether exposed to other sources.