Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of Veteran smokers overall and Veterans with incident varenicline and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) use during 2007
| Characteristics | Veteran smokers overall N = 1,068,710 |
Veteran smokers with incident varenicline use N = 43,336 |
Veteran smokers with incident NRT use N = 155,095 |
|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (% among overall smokers) | N (% among overall smokers) | |
| Age, years (SD) | 57.2 (12.8) | 55.8 (10.2) | 55.0 (10.9) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 1,013,756 (94.9) | 39,590 (3.7) | 145,445 (13.6) |
| Female | 54,950 (5.1) | 3,746 (0.4) | 9,649 (0.9) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White | 721,786 (67.5) | 34,949 (3.3) | 104,728 (9.8) |
| Black | 198,091 (18.5) | 4,023 (0.4) | 32,765 (3.1) |
| Hispanic | 28,262 (2.6) | 526 (0.05) | 3,792 (0.4) |
| Other | 27,515 (2.6) | 962 (0.09) | 3,852 (0.4) |
| Unknown | 39,531 (3.7) | 1,667 (0.2) | 5,467 (0.5) |
| Mental Health Disorder | 493,414 (46.2) | 24,082 (2.3) | 83,800 7.8) |
| Anxiety | 92,490 (8.7) | 4,787 (0.5) | 16,195 (1.5) |
| Bipolar Disorder | 17,948 (1.7) | 1,040 (0.1) | 3,794 (0.4) |
| Depression | 29,7945 (27.9) | 15,493 (1.5) | 53,562 (5.0) |
| PTSD | 99,350 (9.3) | 5,259 (0.5) | 18,287 (1.7) |
| Psychosis/ Schizophrenia |
52,787 (4.9) | 1,691 (0.2) | 8,453 (0.8) |
ICD-9 codes for specific mental health diagnoses are as follows: anxiety (300.00, 300.02), bipolar disorder (296.0, 296.1, 296.4, 296.5, 296.6, 296.7, 296.8), depression (296.2, 296.3, 301.12, 300.4, 293.83, 298.0, 301.1, 311, 312, 296.9, 296.99, 309.0, 309.19), PTSD (309.81), psychosis/schizophrenia (295.0, 295.1, 295.2, 295.3, 295.4, 295.6, 295.7, 295.8, 295.9, 297.0, 297.1, 297.2, 297.3, 297.8, 297.9, 298.0, 298.1, 298.2, 298.3, 298.4, 298.8, 298.9)
ICD-10 codes for specific mental helath diagnoses are as follows: anxiety (F45.20, F45.21, F45.29, F06.4, F41.0, F41.3, F41.8, F41.9, F40, F42, F41.1), bipolar disorder (F30, F301, F302, F303, F304, F308, F309, F310-F3178, F318, F3181, F3189, F319), depression (F32, F33, F32.8, F33.8), PTSD (F43.10, F43.11, F43.12), psychosis/schizophrenia (F20, F200, F201, F202, F203, F205, F208, F2081, F2089, F209, F25, F250, F251, F258, F259, F060 F062, F22, F23, F24, F28, F29, F53, F531)