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. 2021 Nov 23;8(1):2004664. doi: 10.1080/20018525.2021.2004664

Table 1.

Characteristics and smoking statuses of the patient groups studied based on the two-year follow-up

  All
N 35650
Asthma
N 4 549
COPDa
N 2 111
Sleep
apnoea
N 5 931
Type 1 diabetes
N 632
Type 2 diabetes
N 8 281
IHD2
N 9 200
Cerebral infarction
N 4 946
Men 18,997 (53.3) 1 455 (32.0) 1 397 (66.2) 3 945 (66.5) 335 (53.0) 4 267 (51.5) 5 246 (57.0) 2 352 (47.6)
Women 16,653 (46.7) 3 094 (68.0) 714 (33.8) 1 986 (33.5) 297 (47.0) 4 014 (48.5) 3 954 (43.0) 2 594(52.4)
Mean age (SD) 63.5 (16.4) 50.7 (19.0) 66.3 (10.8) 53.5 (12.7) 40.6 (18.3) 65.9 (13.4) 71.2 (13.0) 70.8 (14.2)
N of patients with at least one documented smoking status in EHR 3 21,372 (59.9) 2775(61.0) 1820(86.1) 4 949(83.4) 331 (52.4) 3 634 (43.9) 5 005(54.4) 2858(57.8)
Smoking status4                
Current smoker 7 105/21,372 (33.2) 813/2775 (29.3) 1 268/1820 (69.7) 1 243/4 949(25.1) 118/331 (35.6) 1135/3 634(31.2) 1 586/5 005 (31.7) 942/2 585(33.0)
Ex-smoker 4 852/21,372 (22.7) 599/2775 (21.6) 501/1820 (27.5) 1 384/4 949
(28.0)
38/331(11.5) 820/3 634 (22.6) 1 114/5 005 (22.3) 396/2 585 (13.9)
Never smoker 9 415/21,372 (44.1) 1363/2775 (49.1) 51/1820(2.8) 2 322/4 949(46.9) 175/331 (52.9) 1 679/3 634 (46.2) 2 305/5 005 (46.1) 1520/2 585 (53.2)
N of texts per patient including smoking status, mean (SD)5 2.0(3.2) 1.7(2.7) 5.3 (5.8) 1.8(2.3) 1.5(3.3) 1.3(2.7) 1.8 (2.9) 2.4(3.6)
N of events per patient during the follow-up, median (IQR)5 18(9–34) 14(6–28) 22(10–43) 12[7–22] 18(8–31) 17(8–35) 19(11–34) 28(17–45)

Data is presented as n (%) unless otherwise stated. SD = Standard Deviation. N = Number. IQR = Inter quartile range.

aChronic obstructive pulmonary diseases 2Ischemic heart diseases 3Electronic health records 4 percentages have been calculated from the patients whose EHR contains at least one smoking related sentence. 5One event/text = one visit