Table 7.

Model specified by Rostron [3]^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	1202	3319				6615
		Menthol	632	1462	0.89	0.75	1.06
	MI	Non-Menthol	218	4330				6648
		Menthol	66	2034	0.73	0.49	1.10
	CHF	Non-Menthol	121	4419				6637
		Menthol	51	2046	0.95	0.62	1.47
	COPD	Non-Menthol	510	4047				6658
		Menthol	204	1897	1.12	0.86	1.45
Female	HTN	Non-Menthol	515	1317				2888
		Menthol	345	711	0.89	0.68	1.18
	MI	Non-Menthol	77	1758				2893
		Menthol	22	1036	0.60	0.29	1.22
	CHF	Non-Menthol	44	1788				2889
		Menthol	19	1038	0.92	0.44	1.89
	COPD	Non-Menthol	290	1547				2895
		Menthol	133	925	1.05	0.79	1.40
Male	HTN	Non-Menthol	687	2002				3727
		Menthol	287	751	0.89	0.66	1.19
	MI	Non-Menthol	141	2572				3755
		Menthol	44	998	0.88	0.53	1.47
	CHF	Non-Menthol	77	2631				3748
		Menthol	32	1008	1.01	0.59	1.73
	COPD	Non-Menthol	220	2500				3763
		Menthol	71	972	1.25	0.79	1.99
Non-Hispanic Black	HTN	Non-Menthol	213	263				1597
		Menthol	395	726	0.97	0.72	1.29
	MI	Non-Menthol	35	442				1602
		Menthol	30	1095	0.49	0.27	0.89
	CHF	Non-Menthol	23	453				1600
		Menthol	28	1096	0.57	0.30	1.10
	COPD	Non-Menthol	43	435				1603
		Menthol	85	1040	0.79	0.49	1.27
Non-Hispanic White	HTN	Non-Menthol	705	2024				3377
		Menthol	149	499	0.86	0.69	1.07
	MI	Non-Menthol	146	2584				3379
		Menthol	24	625	0.75	0.45	1.25
Non-Hispanic White	CHF	Non-Menthol	74	2655				3376
		Menthol	18	629	1.13	0.64	1.99
	COPD	Non-Menthol	373	2363				3385
		Menthol	90	559	1.17	0.86	1.60
Mexican American	HTN	Non-Menthol	169	645				945
		Menthol	39	92	1.33	0.74	2.37
	MI	Non-Menthol	19	816				967
		Menthol	4	128	2.41	0.33	17.75
	CHF	Non-Menthol	17	814				963
		Menthol	2	130	0.39	0.07	2.11
	COPD	Non-Menthol	44	792				968
		Menthol	7	125	0.61	0.27	1.36
Ages ≥70 years	HTN	Non-Menthol	172	145				401
		Menthol	52	32	0.85	0.48	1.49
	MI	Non-Menthol	49	267				402
		Menthol	12	74	1.01	0.42	2.44
	CHF	Non-Menthol	28	282				395
		Menthol	9	76	0.96	0.33	2.73
	COPD	Non-Menthol	72	246				404
		Menthol	13	73	0.87	0.42	1.79
Ages 20 to <70 years	HTN	Non-Menthol	1030	3174				6214
		Menthol	580	1430	0.85	0.71	1.01
	MI	Non-Menthol	169	4063				6246
		Menthol	54	1960	0.64	0.41	1.00
	CHF	Non-Menthol	93	4137				6242
		Menthol	42	1970	0.81	0.48	1.37
	COPD	Non-Menthol	438	3801				6254
		Menthol	191	1824	1.11	0.84	1.45

^aModel controls for: age, gender, race/ethnicity, body mass index, PIR, and pack-years of smoking. Rostron [3].

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