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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2013 Dec 13;23(2):119–127. doi: 10.1002/pds.3552

Table 2.

Comparison of Associations from Multivariate Logistic Models of incident PD* and Baseline Smoking Characteristics Using Current Case Ascertainment Method and Original Algorithm in the Cardiovascular Health Study, 1989-2006.

Current Adjudication
Original Algorithm
Crude Distribution Adjusted** Adjusted

PD no PD

Characteristic n=165 (%) n=5679 (%) OR** 95% CI P-valuea OR 95% CI P-valuea
Smoking Status 0.009 0.025
 Never 80 (48.5) 2634 (46.4) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
 Former 74 (44.9) 2297 (40.5) 0.83 (0.59, 1.16) 0.86 (0.61, 1.12)
 Current 11 (6.7) 742 (13.1) 0.42 (0.22, 0.79) 0.46 (0.24, 0.88)
Years since quitting 0.005 0.015
 Never smoker 80 (49.4) 2634 (47.0) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
 ≥ 30 years 23 (14.2) 604 (10.8) 0.99 (0.61, 1.61) 1.01 (0.61, 1.68)
 20-29 21 (13.0) 560 (10.0) 0.96 (0.58, 1.58) 0.92 (0.54, 1.58)
 10-19 12 (7.4) 585 (10.4) 0.54 (0.29, 1.00) 0.76 (0.43, 1.34)
 >1-10 15 (9.2) 477 (8.5) 0.84 (0.48, 1.48) 0.40 (0.43, 1.40)
 Current smoker 11 (6.8) 742 (13.3) 0.42 (0.22, 0.79) 0.46 (0.24, 0.88)
Cigarettes per day 0.019 0.041
 Never smoker 80 (50.3) 2634 (47.5) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
 <10 16 (10.1) 624 (11.2) 0.80 (0.46, 1.38) 0.90 (0.52, 1.54)
 10-19 23 (14.5) 802 (14.4) 0.81 (0.51, 1.31) 0.94 (0.59, 1.51)
 20-28 29 (18.2) 935 (16.5) 0.76 (0.48, 1.19) 0.62 (0.37, 1.03)
 ≥ 29 11 (6.9) 559 (10.0) 0.45 (0.51, 1.31) 0.61 (0.33, 1.14)
Total pack-years 0.005 0.032
 Never smoker 80 (50.6) 2634 (48.0) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
 1st quartile(0-13) 29 (18.4) 829 (15.1) 0.99 (0.64, 1.54) 0.82 (0.57, 1.50)
 2nd quartile (14-27) 17 (10.8) 643 (11.7) 0.72 (0.42, 1.24) 0.95 (0.58, 1.56)
 3rd quartile (28-49) 13 (8.3) 505 (9.2) 0.65 (0.36, 1.20) 0.72 (0.42, 1.23)
 4th quartile (> 50) 19 (12.0) 880 (16.0) 0.51 (0.30, 0.85) 0.53 (0.29, 0.96)
*

PD defined as Probable PD by adjudication

**

Adjusted for age, sex, African American race, and education

Incident PD = 154, as described in reference 2;

Adjusted for age, sex, African American race, and education.

a

Test for linear trend