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. 1992 Jul;82(7):1026–1029. doi: 10.2105/ajph.82.7.1026

Discrepancies between self-reported smoking and carboxyhemoglobin: an analysis of the second national health and nutrition survey.

L M Klesges 1, R C Klesges 1, J A Cigrang 1
PMCID: PMC1694055  PMID: 1609905

Abstract

Environmental, self-report, and demographic factors mediated the relationship between self-reported cigarette smoking and carboxyhemoglobin among 2114 smokers and 3918 nonsmokers. Self-reported nonsmokers with carboxyhemoglobin levels between 2% and 3% were more likely to be self-reported ex-smokers, to live in a larger community, and to be younger, less educated, and male than were self-reported nonsmokers with carboxyhemoglobin levels of less than 2%. Self-reported nonsmokers with strong evidence of cigarette consumption (carboxyhemoglobin level greater than 3%) were more likely to be self-reported ex-smokers, younger, less educated, and non-White than were nonsmokers with carboxyhemoglobin levels of less than 2%.

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