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. 2023 Feb 22;2023(2):CD013775. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013775.pub2

27. Smoking ‐ Studies undertaking multivariable regression analyses to determine the effect of smoking on progression to PDR.

Study Study Type Time years  N at baseline Adjustment factors Effect estimate P value Comments
          Type Value 95% CI    
                   
Type 1 diabetes  
WESDR
Moss 1991
Prospective cohort 4 799 HbA1c, DM duration, DR severity at baseline, age, sex OR 1.15 0.6 to 2.2   Ever vs never
WESDR
Moss 1996
Prospective cohort 10 799 HbA1c, DM duration, DR severity at baseline, age, sex OR 0.86a
0.94b
0.54 to 1.36
0.51 to 1.75
   
Grauslund 2009 (Thorlund) Prospective cohort 5 573 HbA1c, DM duration, age, sex, SBP, DBP, comorbidities OR 1.9a
0.87b
0.88 to 4.11
0.28 to 2.67
   
WESDR
WESDR XVII
Prospective cohort 14 996 HbA1c, DR severity at baseline, BP, aspirin  OR 0.79 0.66 to 0.95 < 0.05 Diabetic pack years smoked per 10 years
Type 2 diabetes  
Gui 2013 Retrospective cohort 2 205 DM duration, age, BP, C‐peptide OR 1.07 1.04 to 1.11 < 0.05 % smokers vs non‐smokers
Nelson 1989 Prospective cohort 4 953 DM duration, age, sex RR 0.70 0.2 to 1.9   Smoking: yes vs no
WESDR
Moss 1991
Prospective cohort 4 1370 HbA1c, DM duration, DR severity at baseline OR 1.13 0.45 to 7.83   Ever vs never
Gange 2021 Electronic database 5 71,817 HbA1c, age at DM diagnosis, race, comorbidities, income, insulin use OR 0.84 0.7 to 1.0   Smoking
WESDR
Moss 1996
Prospective cohort 10 1370 HbA1c, DM duration, DR severity at baseline OR Insulin
1.04b
1.15a
Non‐insulin
0.8b
0.25a
 
0.49 to 2.22
0.47 to 2.8
 
 
0.23 to 2.8
0.03 to 2.06
   
Keen 2001 Prospective cohort 8 4483 DM duration, age, sex, SBP, DBP, co‐morbidities, insulin use, type of DM OR 0.67   < 0.01 No vs yes

BMI: body mass index; CI: confidence interval; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; DM: diabetes mellitus; DR: diabetic retinopathy; HbA1c: glycated haemoglobin/haemoglobin A1c; HR: hazard ratio; NPDR: non‐proliferative diabetic retinopathy; OR: odds ratio; PDR: proliferative diabetic retinopathy; RR: risk ratio; SBP: systolic blood pressure; vs: versus

aCurrent smoker
bEx‐smoker