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. 2021 Dec 14;161(6):1687–1696. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.12.634

Table 2.

Factors Independently Associated With Continued Smoking at 1 Y After Surgery (n = 4,562)

Variable OR 95% CI (Wald) P Value
Age 0.955 0.944-0.966 < .0001
Sex (female vs male) 0.648 0.452-0.931 .0190
Race (reference, White)
 Black 0.796 0.661-0.958 .0158
 Other 0.666 0.369-1.202 .1773
 Unknown 0.723 0.363-1.440 .3561
BMI 0.943 0.930-0.956 < .0001
Charlson/Deyo score 1.043 1.005-1.083 .0250
Area deprivation index 1.004 1.000-1.009 .0708
Delayed surgery > 12 wk (yes vs no) 1.197 1.027-1.395 .0215
Resection type (reference, lobectomy)
 Pneumonectomy 1.048 0.546-2.013 .8875
 Segmentectomy 1.088 0.801-1.478 .5891
 Wedge 1.276 1.064-1.531 .0085
Surgical approach (VATS vs thoracotomy) 1.085 0.937-1.256 .2768
Tumor size (reference, ≤ 10 mm)
 11-20 0.829 0.644-1.067 .1452
 21-30 0.813 0.623-1.061 .1276
 31-40 0.822 0.612-1.105 .1946
 41-50 0.990 0.688-1.424 .9563
 Unknown 0.936 0.547-1.603 .8104
Pathologic stage (reference, I)
 II 0.803 0.621-1.040 .0970
 III 1.233 0.849-1.791 .2717
Major complication (yes vs no) 0.848 0.676-1.065 .1558
Readmission (yes vs no) 0.845 0.641-1.114 .2330
Smoking cessation pharmacotherapy prescribed after surgery (within 1 y) 1.817 1.574-2.097 < .0001
Postoperative appointments (in 1 y after surgery)
 Cardiothoracic surgeon (> 1 visit) 1.029 0.889-1.191 .7016
 Oncologist 1.035 0.897-1.194 .6400
 Primary care provider 0.944 0.705-1.263 .6959

Table displays the multivariate model controlling for all covariates. VATS = video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.