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. 2011 Sep 12;13(12):1233–1239. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntr206

Table 2.

Smoking in the 8-Site Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS-8) by Site Based on VACS-8 Survey and Most Common Electronic Medical Record Health Factors Information

VACS-8
Health factors
VACS-8 and Health factors
Smoking % Smoking %
Site N % Missing Current Former Never % Missing Current Former Never n Kappa
1 1,053 0.3 39 23 38 15.2 42 11 46 890 .69
2 721 1.1 48 30 22 1.1 53 28 19 705 .69
3 919 0.4 53 23 24 0.0 53 20 28 915 .64
4 812 0.1 43 30 28 0.5 50 27 24 807 .73
5 1,090 1.7 49 28 23 7.4 63 2 35 991 .56
6 899 0.1 61 24 15 1.6 77 9 14 884 .62
7 1,126 2.8 54 22 25 5.9 69 4 28 1,029 .61
8 199 0.0 51 30 19 4.0 50 33 17 191 .74
All 6,819 1.0 49 26 25 5.0 58 14 28 6,412 .66