Table 1.
General Characteristics and Risk Factors of the Study Population in the Southern Cone of Latin America
| No. of study participants | <high school, % | Body-mass index (mean, kg/m2) | Cigarette smoking, % | Pack-year in current smokers, % | Second-hand smoking,a % | Biomass exposure,a % | Self-reported asthma, % | Self-reported tuberculosis, % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current smoker | Former smoker | 10-19 pack-year | ≥20 pack-year | ||||||||
| Overall | 4354 | 58.8 (57.1, 60.6) | 28.9 (28.7, 29.0) | 27.3 (25.7, 28.9) | 28.7 (27.1, 30.3) | 25.4 (22.0, 28.7) | 47.4 (43.6, 51.2) | 18.7 (17.4, 20.0) | 35.0 (33.3, 36.7) | 6.0 (5.2, 6.8) | 1.6 (1.2, 2.1) |
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Men | 1790 | 58.7 (56.1, 61.4) | 28.5 (28.3, 28.7) | 30.9 (28.4, 33.4) | 36.5 (34.0, 39.1) | 23.2 (18.4, 27.9) | 56.8 (51.3, 62.3) | 19.9 (17.8, 21.9) | 30.5 (28.0, 33.0) | 4.3 (3.3, 5.3) | 1.5 (0.8, 2.1) |
| Women | 2564 | 58.9 (56.5, 61.2) | 29.2 (29.0, 29.4) | 24.3 (22.2, 26.3) | 22.2 (20.3, 24.1) | 27.8 (23.1, 32.5) | 37.0 (32.3, 41.7) | 17.7 (16.0, 19.4) | 38.7 (36.4, 41.0) | 7.4 (6.1, 8.6) | 1.8 (1.2, 2.4) |
| Location | |||||||||||
| Marcos Paz, Argentina | 1245 | 80.5 (78.2, 82.8) | 30.0 (29.7, 30.2) | 28.6 (25.9, 31.2) | 26.0 (23.5, 28.6) | 20.6 (15.6, 25.6) | 71.9 (66.3, 77.4) | 30.2 (27.5, 32.9) | 4.7 (3.4, 5.9) | 5.2 (4.0, 6.5) | 1.4 (0.7, 2.0) |
| Bariloche, Argentina | 1107 | 65.9 (63.0, 68.8) | 28.4 (28.1, 28.6) | 28.0 (25.2, 30.9) | 31.5 (28.7, 34.4) | 24.6 (19.3, 30.0) | 51.3 (44.9, 57.6) | 19.1 (16.6, 21.5) | 57.8 (54.7, 60.8) | 4.6 (3.4, 5.9) | 1.3 (0.7, 2.0) |
| Temuco, Chile | 1063 | 42.1 (39.1, 45.2) | 29.0 (28.8, 29.3) | 26.1 (23.3, 29.0) | 26.4 (23.7, 29.1) | 30.6 (23.3, 37.9) | 24.6 (18.0, 31.3) | 12.0 (9.9, 14.1) | 37.4 (34.4, 40.4) | 6.2 (4.7, 7.7) | 1.9 (1.1, 2.7) |
| Barros Blancos, Uruguay | 939 | 76.3 (73.5, 79.1) | 28.7 (28.4, 29.0) | 28.1 (25.0, 31.1) | 31.6 (28.6, 34.7) | 20.4 (14.7, 26.1) | 65.6 (58.9, 72.2) | 27.7 (24.7, 30.7) | 11.2 (9.1, 13.2) | 8.0 (6.3, 9.8) | 1.6 (0.8, 2.5) |
| Age groups, years | |||||||||||
| 45-54 | 1610 | 51.9 (49.1, 54.7) | 28.5 (28.2, 28.8) | 36.2 (33.5, 39.0) | 24.1 (21.7, 26.5) | 26.9 (22.3, 31.4) | 43.5 (38.5, 48.5) | 23.5 (21.2, 25.7) | 30.9 (28.2, 33.5) | 5.7 (4.4, 6.9) | 1.2 (0.6, 1.7) |
| 55-64 | 1594 | 61.6 (58.8, 64.4) | 28.8 (28.5, 29.0) | 23.1 (20.8, 25.5) | 33.7 (31.1, 36.4) | 21.2 (15.9, 26.6) | 52.8 (46.4, 59.1) | 16.4 (14.5, 18.4) | 37.7 (35.0, 40.5) | 6.2 (4.8, 7.6) | 2.2 (1.3, 3.0) |
| 65-74 | 1150 | 71.2 (68.2, 74.2) | 29.4 (29.2, 29.7) | 12.1 (10.0, 14.2) | 31.6 (28.6, 34.6) | 28.4 (18.5, 38.2) | 58.8 (48.2, 69.3) | 10.7 (8.9, 12.5) | 40.5 (37.2, 43.7) | 6.4 (4.9, 8.0) | 1.9 (0.9, 2.9) |
Data are percentages (95% CI)
aSecond-hand smoking was defined as exposed to second-hand smoking ≥5 days/week at home or work; biomass exposure was defined as the use of wood or coal for cooking ≥200 times/year