Table 2.

Model specified by Vozoris [5]^a using data from NHANES 2007–2008; unweighted counts, adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).

Stratum	Diagnosisb	Cigarette preference	Cases	Non-Cases	AOR	95% CI		Total N
						Lower	Upper
All	HTN	Non-Menthol	225	583				1158
		Menthol	126	224	1.14	0.82	1.59
	MI	Non-Menthol	40	766				1156
		Menthol	12	338	0.99	0.47	2.10
	CHF	Non-Menthol	20	785				1155
		Menthol	11	339	1.06	0.41	2.75
	COPD	Non-Menthol	105	704				1159
		Menthol	37	313	1.17	0.66	2.05
Female	HTN	Non-Menthol	97	219				506
		Menthol	77	113	1.30	0.75	2.25
	MI	Non-Menthol	14	301				505
		Menthol	6	184	0.53	0.17	1.63
	CHF	Non-Menthol	7	308				505
		Menthol	5	185	0.63	0.15	2.67
	COPD	Non-Menthol	59	257				506
		Menthol	29	161	1.04	0.62	1.75
Male	HTN	Non-Menthol	128	364				652
		Menthol	49	111	1.06	0.67	1.67
	MI	Non-Menthol	26	465				651
		Menthol	6	154	1.55	0.41	5.85
	CHF	Non-Menthol	13	477				650
		Menthol	6	154	0.96	0.28	3.29
	COPD	Non-Menthol	46	447				653
		Menthol	8	152	1.68	0.45	6.31
African American	HTN	Non-Menthol	36	67				278
		Menthol	71	104	1.84	0.72	4.72
	MI	Non-Menthol	4	100				279
		Menthol	8	167	1.44	0.43	4.91
	CHF	Non-Menthol	3	101				279
		Menthol	9	166	1.84	0.17	20.38
	COPD	Non-Menthol	11	93				279
		Menthol	12	163	0.34	0.06	1.86
Non-African American	HTN	Non-Menthol	189	516				880
		Menthol	55	120	1.02	0.66	1.57
	MI	Non-Menthol	36	666				877
		Menthol	4	171	0.74	0.22	2.57
	CHF	Non-Menthol	17	684				876
		Menthol	2	173	0.69	0.16	3.04
	COPD	Non-Menthol	94	611				880
		Menthol	25	150	1.30	0.72	2.34
Ages ≥70 years	HTN	Non-Menthol	32	24				69
		Menthol	11	2	0.11	0.00	11.20
	MI	Non-Menthol	11	45				69
		Menthol	2	11	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	CHF	Non-Menthol	3	50				66
		Menthol	1	12	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	COPD	Non-Menthol	16	40				69
		Menthol	3	10	1.88	0.14	26.05
Ages 20 to <70 years	HTN	Non-Menthol	193	559				1089
		Menthol	115	222	1.02	0.77	1.37
	MI	Non-Menthol	29	721				1087
		Menthol	10	327	0.65	0.27	1.56
	CHF	Non-Menthol	17	735				1089
		Menthol	10	327	0.68	0.25	1.83
	COPD	Non-Menthol	89	664				1090
		Menthol	34	303	1.06	0.58	1.94

^aModel controls for age, gender, race/ethnicity, body mass index, total household income, average number of cigarettes smoked per day in the last 30 days, number of days smoked in the last 30 days, and age started smoking. Vozoris [5].

^bHTN: hypertension; MI: myocardial infarction; CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.