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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 3.

Comparison of Associations* with Baseline Smoking Status by PD** Defined by Various Data Sources, Restricted to Time Period of Original Algorithm, 1989-2001.

PD in CMS
(n=267)
PD in CHS
(n=254)
PD in either
CMS or CHS
(n=367)
PD in Both
CMS or CHS
(n=254)
Characteristic OR 95% CI P-
value
OR 95% CI P-
value
OR 95% CI P-
value
OR 95% CI P-
value
Smoking Status 0.199 0.052 0.125 0.066
 Never 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
 Former 0.86 (0.66, 1.14) 0.89 (0.67. 1.18) 0.92 (0.73, 1.16) 0.78 (0.56, 1.34)
 Current 0.79 (0.52, 1.21) 0.62 (0.38, 0.98) 0.74 (0.51, 1.08) 0.61 (0.33, 1.11)
Years since quitting 0.285 0.021 0.064 0.037
 Never smoker 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
 ≥ 30 years 0.97 (0.65, 1.44) 1.13 (0.77, 1.68) 1.09 (0.78, 1.53) 0.96 (0.58, 1.58)
 20-29 1.04 (0.70, 1.57) 0.81 (0.52, 1.27) 0.95 (0.66, 1.37) 0.88 (0.52, 1.50)
 10-19 0.66 (0.41, 1.06) 0.88 (0.57, 1.36) 0.80 (0.54, 1.17) 0.70 (0.39, 1.26)
 >1-10 0.75 (0.53, 1.37) 0.74 (0.44, 1.23) 0.86 (0.57, 1.30) 0.68 (0.33, 1.27)
 Current smoker 0.79 (0.52, 1.21) 0.62 (0.28, 0.98) 0.74 (0.51, 1.08) 0.61 (0.33, 1.11)
Total pack-years 0.052 0.022 0.058 0.010
 Never smoker 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
 lst quartile(0-13) 1.05 (0.73, 1.50) 0.96 (0.66, 1.39) 1.03 (0.76, 1.40) 0.95 (0.60, 1.52)
 2nd quartile (14-27) 0.96 (0.64, 1.43) 1.08 (0.73, 1.60) 1.00 (0.71, 1.41) 1.06 (0.65, 1.74)
 3rd quartile (28-49) 0.93 (0.60, 1.46) 1.01 (0.65, 1.56) 1.03 (0.71, 1.49) 0.84 (0.47, 1.49)
 4th quartile (≥ 50) 0.64 (0.43, 0.96) 0.52 (0.33, 0.80) 0.66 (0.46, 0.93) 0.42 (0.23, 0.76)
Cigarettes per day 0.247 0.061 0.238 0.036
 Never smoker 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
 <10 1.00 (0.66, 1.52) 0.85 (0.55, 1.33) 0.88 (0.61, 1.28) 1.02 (0.60, 1.73)
 10-19 0.85 (0.58, 1.25) 1.06 (0.74, 1.53) 1.05 (0.77, 1.43) 0.75 (0.45, 1.25)
 20-28 0.88 (0.62, 1.26) 0.82 (0.57, 1.19) 0.86 (0.63, 1.17) 0.84 (0.54, 1.32)
 ≥ 29 0.80 (0.51, 1.25) 0.55 (0.33,0.93) 0.78 (0.53, 1.16) 0.46 (0.23,0.91)
*

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

**

includes both prevalent and incident PD