Survey on smoking status and risk factors in residents / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

A survey on smoking status and risk factors was conducted among 3373 residents in two districts of Shen yang city during November 2008 and September 2009 ; the pulmonary function tests were also performed for all subjects.A logistical regression model was used to evaluate the risk factors of smoking,and the knowledge about diseases caused by smoking was evaluated by chi-square test.The overall smoking rate was 50.7％ ( 1710/3373 ) ; 86.8％ (1458/1680) for males a(un)14.9％ (252/1693)for females.The risk factors of smoking ( P ＜ 0.05 ) in order of OR value were as followsdrinking,work environment and underlying diseases ; the protective factors werefemale,educational level,overweight ( BMI ≥ 24) and old age.The survey on knowledge of smoking-related disease was conducted in 2478 residents including 815 smokers and 1663 non-smokers. The awareness levels about whether smoking can cause COPD,asthma,birth defects,malignant tumor,abortion,growth retardation,fetal death and myocardial infarction were significantly different between smokers and non-smokers.