Table 4.

Model specified by Vozoris [5]^a using data from NHANES 1999–2012; 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	1236	3345				6710
		Menthol	651	1478	0.91	0.77	1.08
	MI	Non-Menthol	228	4373				6736
		Menthol	72	2063	0.84	0.56	1.24
	CHF	Non-Menthol	128	4467				6727
		Menthol	54	2078	0.95	0.61	1.49
	COPD	Non-Menthol	527	4084				6747
		Menthol	218	1918	1.20	0.91	1.56
Female	HTN	Non-Menthol	522	1331				2918
		Menthol	348	717	0.91	0.70	1.19
	MI	Non-Menthol	79	1776				2922
		Menthol	23	1044	0.63	0.32	1.25
	CHF	Non-Menthol	48	1805				2919
		Menthol	18	1048	0.76	0.36	1.61
	COPD	Non-Menthol	297	1561				2925
		Menthol	140	927	1.11	0.83	1.48
Male	HTN	Non-Menthol	714	2014				3792
		Menthol	303	761	0.91	0.69	1.21
	MI	Non-Menthol	149	2597				3814
		Menthol	49	1019	1.07	0.67	1.71
	CHF	Non-Menthol	80	2662				3808
		Menthol	36	1030	1.17	0.70	1.96
	COPD	Non-Menthol	230	2523				3822
		Menthol	78	991	1.35	0.85	2.13
African American	HTN	Non-Menthol	224	276				1639
		Menthol	407	732	0.97	0.73	1.28
	MI	Non-Menthol	35	466				1644
		Menthol	34	1109	0.60	0.33	1.11
	CHF	Non-Menthol	24	476				1642
		Menthol	31	1111	0.56	0.29	1.08
	COPD	Non-Menthol	47	455				1645
		Menthol	90	1053	0.73	0.46	1.16
Non-African American	HTN	Non-Menthol	1012	3069				5071
		Menthol	244	746	0.91	0.75	1.12
	MI	Non-Menthol	193	3907				5092
		Menthol	38	954	0.88	0.56	1.38
Non-African American	CHF	Non-Menthol	104	3991				5085
		Menthol	23	967	1.14	0.64	2.02
	COPD	Non-Menthol	480	3629				5102
		Menthol	128	865	1.26	0.95	1.67
Ages ≥70 years	HTN	Non-Menthol	180	153				421
		Menthol	55	33	0.81	0.41	1.62
	MI	Non-Menthol	49	283				422
		Menthol	14	76	1.08	0.43	2.71
	CHF	Non-Menthol	30	297				416
		Menthol	10	79	1.02	0.38	2.74
	COPD	Non-Menthol	73	261				424
		Menthol	16	74	0.88	0.42	1.83
Ages 20 to <70 years	HTN	Non-Menthol	1056	3192				6289
		Menthol	596	1445	0.82	0.69	0.96
	MI	Non-Menthol	179	4090				6314
		Menthol	58	1987	0.60	0.39	0.93
	CHF	Non-Menthol	98	4170				6311
		Menthol	44	1999	0.71	0.41	1.23
	COPD	Non-Menthol	454	3823				6323
		Menthol	202	1844	1.11	0.84	1.46

^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.