Table 3.

Self-reported health problems and health behaviors by smoking status

	Never smoked (n = 332) (%)	Past smoker (n = 615) (%)	Current smoker (n = 263) (%)	P value
Health problems
High blood pressure	40	46	39.5	0.073
Weight problems	24	27	23	0.35
BMI* (overweight or obese)	71	65	51	0.0001
Alcohol problems†	1.5	<1	6	<0.0001
COPD‡	4	6.5	12	0.0012
Asthma§	2	5	9	0.0012
Shortness of breath¶	14	23	34	<0.0001
Cough (chronic)**	13	15	33	<0.001
Phlegm (from chest)**	20	28	46	<0.0001
Chest wheeze**	21	28	52	<0.0001
Depression††	23	26	40	0.0001
High cholesterol	26	29	26	0.45
Diabetes‡‡	16	23	13	0.0008
Pressure sores	21	20	21	0.93
Cancer§§	5	7	6	0.34
Health behaviors
Flu vaccine past year¶¶	81	83	73	0.0048
Flu vaccine every year	81	82	75	0.084
Pneumonia vaccine	84	87	82	0.14
Smoking allowed in home**	16	21	74	<0.0001

*BMI based on self-reported height and weight data.

^†Past vs. current P < 0.0001.

^‡Past vs. current P = 0.0085; never vs. current P = 0.0005.

^§Never vs. current P = 0.0003.

^¶Never vs. past P = 0.0005; never vs. current P < 0.0001; past vs. current P = 0.0009.

**Never vs. current P < 0.0001; past vs. current P < 0.0001.

^††Past vs. current P = 0.0081; never vs. current P < 0.0001.

^‡‡Past vs. current P = 0.0011; past vs. never P = 0.008.

^§§Cancer diagnoses were identified from respondents' medical records as respondents were not asked to self-report cancer diagnoses. As the SCD registry typically does not include individuals who are impaired due to metastatic cancer, these numbers may be an undercount of total cases.

^¶¶Past vs. current P = 0.0012.