Table 4.

Effect of smoking cessation on the risk for diseases

	Male			Female
	<15 years	≥ 15 years		<15 years	≥ 15 years
Duration of cessation		Adjusted OR†	95% CI		Adjusted OR‡	95% CI
COPD	1	0.65	(0.47-0.9)	1	1.49	(0.41-5.3)
Hypertension	1	1.19	(0.87-1.64)	1	2.09	(0.66-6.62)
CVD	1	0.68	(0.39-1.17)	1	Non-estimable

^†Adjusted for age, marital status, currently employed, household Income, SBP, BMI, HbA1c, Hemoglobin, alcohol drink, exercise, perceived health status, perceived psychological stress, and EQ-5D;

^‡Adjusted for age, marital status, currently employed, household Income, SBP, Hemoglobin, alcohol drink, perceived health status, perceived psychological stress and EQ-5D. A total of 24072 Koreans were sampled from 2007 to 2015.