Smoking intensity [pack/day] is a better measure than pack-years or smoking status for modeling cardiovascular disease outcomes.
AUTHORS
Nance
R ,
Delaney
J ,
McEvoy
JW ,
Blaha
MJ ,
Burke
G ,
Navas-Acien
A ,
Kaufman
JD ,
Oelsner
EC ,
McClelland
RL ,
. Journal of clinical epidemiology. 2016 10 18; ().
- PMID: 27769836 [PubMed].
ABSTRACT
Smoking as an epidemiological exposure can be quantified in many ways including duration, intensity, pack-years, recency, and age at initiation. However it is not clear which of these are most important for cardiovascular disease (CVD), and how they should be modeled.
Smoking as an epidemiological exposure can be quantified in many ways including duration, intensity, pack-years, recency, and age at initiation. However it is not clear which of these are most important for cardiovascular disease (CVD), and how they should be modeled.
Tags: Alumni Publications 2016