Combined Effect of Smoking and Obesity on Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in Male Veterans: A 30-year Cohort Study / 生物医学与环境科学(英文)
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
;
(12): 184-191, 2021.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-878336
ABSTRACT
Objective@#Evidence is lacking regarding the combined effects of smoking and obesity on mortality from coronary heart disease in male veterans. This study aimed to explore the combined effect of smoking and obesity on coronary heart disease mortality in male veterans in China.@*Methods@#A cohort of 1,268 male veterans from 22 veteran centers in Xi'an (Shaanxi Province, China) were followed up once every 2 years from February 1, 1987 to October 30, 2016. The endpoint was death from any cause. The hazard ratio ( @*Results@#The total follow-up was 24394.21 person-years; each subject was followed up for a mean duration of 19.24 years. By the end of the study, of the 1,268 veterans, 889 had died, 363 were alive, and 16 were lost to follow-up. Cox regression analysis results revealed that current smoking ( @*Conclusion@#Our results suggest that obese veterans who smoke might be an important target population for coronary heart disease mortality control.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Veterans
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Smoking
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Proportional Hazards Models
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China
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Risk Factors
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Coronary Disease
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Obesity
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
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