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. 2021 Mar 10;19:1759–1785. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.03.003

Table 3.

Characteristics and findings of the studies examining the association between smoking and type 2 diabetes.

Work Year Study Design Sample Size(%DM) %M/W Age (Years) Ethnicity Follow-up Duration (Years) Adjusted Variables Findings
[110] 1989 ZS [111] PCS 841 (6.9%) 100/0 40-59 Dutch 25 Age, subscapular skin-fold, resting heart rate, cigarette use, alcohol intake and energy intake Cigarettes/day 0 20 HR 1.0 3.3 (1.4-7.9)

[67] 1993 NHS [80] PCS 114247 (2.04%) 0/100 30-55 USA 12 Age, BMI, family history of diabetes, menopause, postmenopausal hormone use, oral contraceptive use, alcohol consumption, and physical activity Cigarettes/day 0 1-14 15-24 >25 Ex-smoker RR 1.0 0.90 (0.68-1.19) 1.20 (0.96-1.50) 1.49 (1.19-1.87) 1.17 (1.02-1.35)

[68] 1995 HPFS PCS 41810 (1.22%) 100/0 40-75 USA 62 Age, BMI, family history of diabetes, alcohol consumption and physical activity Cigarettes/day 0 1-14 15-24 >25 Ex-smoker RR 1.0 1.37 (0.77-2.43) 2.38 (1.57-3.59) 1.94 (1.25-3.03) 1.29 (1.05-1.57)

[112] 1997 RS PCS 2312 (1.77%) 100/0 - Japanese 8 - Cigarettes/day 0 1-15 16-25 >26 HR 1.0 1.33 (0.40-4.39) 3.59 (1.32-9.76) 2.68 (0.88-8.05)

[73] 1997 SOF [113] CSS 9435 (7%) 0/100 65 Non-black (USA) - Age, resting heart rate, BMI, education level, alcohol intake, energy expenditure, WHR, and postmenopausal hormone use Cigarettes/day 0 10 >10 Ex-smoker OR 1.0 0.55 (0.30-0.99) 1.21 (0.87-1.71) 0.99 (0.82-1.19)

[114] 1999 OHS PCS 6250 (7.2%) 100/0 25-60 Japan 16 Age, BMI, alcohol consumption, physical activity, parental history of diabetes, fasting plasma glucose, total cholesterol, and triglycerids Cigarettes/day 0 1-20 21-30 >30 RR 1.0 1.40 (1.05-1.86) 1.40 (1.02-1.93) 173 (1.20-2.48)

[69] 2000 PHS [115] PCS 21068 (3.65%) 100/0 40-84 USA 12.10 Age, BMI, physical activity, history of hypertension, history of high cholesterol, parental history of myocardial infarction, and alcohol consumption Cigarettes/day 0 <20 20 Ex-smoker RR 1.0 1.5 (1.0-2.2) 1.7 (1.3-2.3) 1.1 (1.0-1.4)

[116] 2001 RS CSS 3718 19.2/ 80.0 12-88 Chinese - Age, BMI, alcohol consumption, and family history of diabetes Smoking No Yes OR 1.0 1.705 (1.106-2.630)

[65] 2001 BRHS [117] PCS 7124 (4.07%) 100/0 40-59 UK 16.8 Age, BMI, physical activity, alcohol intake, social class, heart disease and antihypertensive treatment Smoking No Yes Pipe/cigar Ex-smoker (15 yrs.) Ex-smoker (10 yrs.) RR 1.0 1.61 (1.05-2.46) 2.15 (1.24-3.70) 1.45 (0.95-2.21) 2.03 (1.22-3.37)

[63] 2001 CPS-I [118] PCS 709827 (3.6%) 38.8/ 61.2 30 Whites and Blacks (USA) 13 Age, BMI, alcohol consumption, race, amount of exercise, education level, and intakes of fats and carbohydrates Cigarettes/day 0 <20 (M) <20 (W) 20-39 (M) 20-39 (W) 40 (M) 40 (W) Ex-smoker (M) Ex-smoker (W) OR 1.0 1.05 (0.98-1.12) 0.98 (0.93-1.03) 1.19 (1.13-1.26) 1.21 (1.14-1.29) 1.45 (1.34-1.57) 1.74 (1.49-2.03) 1.07 (1.02-1.13) 1.07 (0.99-1.15)

[119] 2001 NHS [80] PCS 84941 (3.9%) 0/100 30-55 USA 16 Age, family history of diabetes, menopausal status, postmenopausal hormone use, fat intake, and physical activity Cigarettes/day 0 1-14 15 OR 1.0 1.14 (0.85-1.54) 1.40 (1.14-1.71)

[120] 2002 NCDS [121] - 15396 M/W - UK 33 Maternal smoking during pregnancy, sex, mother’s age at the time of giving birth, age at which mother left school, family social class at birth, birth weight, own smoking at the age of 16, and BMI at the age of 33 Cigarettes/week Self 0 <1 1-9 10-19 20-29 30 Mother Non-smoker Medium-smoker Medium to heavy-smoker Heavy-smoker OR 1.0 2.07 (0.25-17.19) 1.92 (0.52-7.10) 2.48 (0.52-11.97) 1.61 (0.20-12.96) 3.62 (1.42-9.24) 1.0 1.01 (0.23-4.53) 3.53 (0.88-14.38) 4.02 (1.14-14.14)

[74] 2004 RIH CSS 27777 45/ 55 20-69 France - Age, BMI, WHR, and alcohol consumption Smoking No Yes (M) Yes (W) Ex-smoker (M) Ex-smoker (W) OR 1.0 1.49 (1.13-1.96) 0.89 (0.54-1.39) 1.31 (1.01-1.70) 1.46 (0.92-2.22)

[122] 2004 NTHS [123] PCS 38805 46.9/ 53.1 20 Norwegian 11 Age, BMI, and sex Cigarettes/day 0 20 RR 1.0 1.64 (1.12-2.39)

[70] 2005 IRAS [95] PCS 906 (25%) 43.3/ 56.7 40-69 Non-Hispanic Whites, Hispanics, and African-Americans 5 Age, sex, ethnicity, BMI, WHR, glucose tolerance status, HDL cholesterol level, triglyceride level and hypertension Smoking No Ex-smoker Current-smoker OR 1.0 1.31 (0.82-2.09) 2.66 (1.49-4.77)

[77] 2006 KMIC [124] PCS 27635 100/0 35-44 Korea 8 Age, baseline fasting serum, glucose, weight change, baseline BMI, family history of diabetes, alcohol consumption, and physical activity Cigarettes/day No <10 10-19 20 Ex-smoker (8 yrs.) Ex-smoker (7-7.9 yrs.) Ex-smoker (5-6.9 yrs.) OR 1.0 1.23 (1.86-1.77) 1.60 (1.28-2.00) 1.75 (1.35-2.27) 0.95 (0.72-1.25) 1.44 (0.96-2.15) 2.13 (1.51-3.00)

[71] 2009 RS PCS - M/W 40-69 Ansung and Ansan Korean 4 Age, family history of diabetes, rural or urban area, waist, body fat, exercise, alcohol consumption, income, education, WBC, HDL cholesterol, triglyceride, systolic BP, HOMA IR, and HOMA beta Cigarettes/day No <20 Y20 Ex-smoker RR 1.0 2.06 (1.35-3.16) 2.41 (1.48-3.93) 1.60 (1.07-2.39)

[75] 2010 ARIC [36] PCS 10892 (11.51%) 43.3/ 56.7 45-64 Whites and Non-whites (USA) 9 Race, sex, level of education, BMI, waist circumference, baseline age, physical activity, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and systolic BP Smoking No Ex-smoker (9 yrs.) Ex-smoker (6-9 yrs.) Ex-smoker (3-6 yrs.) Ex-smoker (<3 yrs.) Current-smoker HR 1.0 1.16 (0.99-1.36) 1.21 (0.89-1.65) 1.54 (1.10-2.14) 1.80 (1.44-2.25) 1.26 (1.08-1.46)

[66] 2010 KORA S4/F4 [125] PCS 885 50.4/ 49.6 55-74 Germany 7 Age, sex, parental diabetes, socioeconomic status, alcohol intake, physical activity, intake of meat and sausage, intake of salad and vegetables, intake of whole grain bread, coffee consumption, waist circumference, blood pressure, hypertriglyceridemia, HDL cholesterol, log insulin and log adiponectin Smoking No (passive+active) Passive Passive+prediabetes Active Active+prediabetes OR 1.0 2.5 (1.1-5.6) 4.4 (1.5-13.4) 2.8 (1.3-6.1) 7.8 (2.4-25.7)

[64] 2010 KCPS [126] PCS 1236443 63.7/ 36.3 30-95 Korea 14 Age, alcohol drinking, BMI, and physical exercise Cigarettes/day No 1-9 (M) 1-9 (W) 10-19 (M) 10-19 (W) 20 (M) 20 (W) HR 1.0 1.30 (1.25-1.32) 1.34 (1.25-1.44) 1.37 (1.34-1.41) 1.26 (1.14-1.38) 1.55 (1.51-1.60) 1.33 (1.15-1.53)

[72] 2011 NHS [80] PCS 100526 (5.36%) 0/100 41-55 USA 24 Age, BMI, physical activity, husband’s education, family history of diabetes, total energy intake, alcohol intake, caffeine, total transa fat, toatl saturated fat, calcium, magnesium and vitamin D Cigarettes/day No Low passive High passive 1-14 15-24 25 Ex-smoker RR 1.0 1.10 (0.94-1.23) 1.16 (1-1.35) 1.39 (1.17-1.64) 1.68 (1.43-2.01) 1.98 (1.57-2.36) 1.28 (1.12-1.50)

[78] 2012 JPHC [127] PCS 59834 43.24/ 56.76 Mean 55-57.9 Japanese 5 and 10 Age, BMI, history of hypertension, alcohol intake, family history of diabetes, weight change, study area, and leisure time physical activity Smoking No Current-smoker (M) Current-smoker (W) Ex-smoker (<5 yrs.) (M) Ex-smoker (<5 yrs.) (W) OR 1.0 1.43 (1.16-1.76) 1.42 (1.03-1.94) 1.68 (1.07-2.63) 2.84 (1.53-5.29)

[76] 2012 RS PCS 2070 (11.9%) 100/0 40-69 Japan 9.2 Age, blood glucose, fasting, systolic BP, total cholesterol, log-transformed triglycerides, alcohol consumption, exercise, family history of diabetes, BMI, and change in smoking status during follow-up period Smoking No Ex-smoker (>9 yrs.) Ex-smoker (6-9 yrs.) Ex-smoker (3-5 yrs.) Ex-smoker (<3 yrs.) Current-smoker HR 1.0 2.22 (1.05-4.69) 0,59 (0.13-2.64) 1.95 (0.62-6.17) 1.91 (0.60-6.06) 2.78 (1.43-5.41)

[128] 2013 WHI [129] PCS 11838 0/100 50-79 USA 11 Age, ethnicity, education, BMI, waist circumference, alcohol consumption, physical activvity, hypertension and medication for high cholesterol Smoking No Current-smoker (M) Ex-smoker (<3 yrs.) HR 1.0 1.28 (1.20-1.36) 1.43 (1.26-1.63)

ZS-Zutphen Study, NHS-Nurse Health Study, NHIS-National Health Interview Survey, HPFS-Health Professionals’ Follow-up Study, RS-Random Sample, SOF-Study of Osteoporotic Fractures, OHS-Osaka Health Survey, PHS-Physicians Health Survey, BRHS-British Regional Health Study, CPS-Cancer Prevention Study, NCDS-National Child Development Study, RIH-Regional Institute for Health, NTHS-Nord Trondelag Health Survey, IRAS-Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study, ARIC-Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities, KCPS-Korean Cancer Prevention Study, JPHC-Japan Public Health Center, WHI-Women Health Initiative, KMIC-Korean Medical Insurance Corporation, M-Men, W-Women, PCS-Prospective Cohort Study, CSS-Cross-Sectional Study.