Research Article
Obesity Might Be a Predictor of Weight Reduction after Smoking Cessation
Table 1
Baseline characteristic of ex-smokers with long-term abstinence at five-year follow-up (
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| | Baseline variables | Weight reduction min. 1 kg | value | | No (%) | Yes (%) | | 276 (87) | 41 (13) |
| | Body mass index kg/m2 | | | <0.01 | | Obese BMI ≥ 30 | 31 (11.2) | 12 (29) | | | Overweight BMI 25–29.9 | 107 (38.8) | 20 (49) | | | Normal weight BMI 18,5–24.9 | 138 (50.0) | 9 (22) | | | Tobacco consumption | | | 0.02 | | Light smoker < 15 g tobacco/day | 139 (50.6) | 29 (70.7) | | | Heavy smoker ≥ 15 g tobacco/day | 136 (49.5) | 12 (29.3) | | | | Missing = 1 | | | Cohort | | | 0.17 | | Inter1999 | 228 (82.6) | 34 (82.9) | | | Health2006 | 48 (17.4) | 7 (17.1) | | | Socioeconomic status (length of education) | | | 0.41 | | High (>4 years) | 27 (10.9) | 7 (17.9) | | | Middle (2–4 years) | 180 (72.6) | 25 (65.1) | | | Low (<2 years) | 41 (16.5) | 7 (17.9) | | | | Missing = 30 | | | Sex | | | 0.68 | | Male | 151 (54.7) | 21 (51.2) | | | Female | 125 (45.3) | 20 (48.8) | | | Age groups | | | 0.85 | | 18–39 years | 40 (14.5) | 5 (12.2) | | | 40–49 years | 120 (43.5) | 17 (41.5) | | | 50–69 years | 116 (42) | 19 (46.3) | | | Diet score | | | 0.53 | | Healthy (7–9) | 26 (9.5) | 6 (16.6) | | | Average (4–6) | 201 (74.2) | 30 (73.1) | | | Unhealthy (1–3) | 44 (16.2) | 5 (12.2) | | | | Missing = 5 | | | Physical activity (leisure time) | | | 0.84 | | Active | 211 (77) | 31 (75.6) | | | Insufficiently active | 63 (23) | 10 (24.4) | | | | Missing = 2 | | | Alcohol units per week | | | 0.42 | | >14 | 82 (33.3) | 10 (26.3) | | | 8–14 | 56 (22.7) | 7 (18.4) | | | ≤7 | 105 (42.7) | 20 (52.6) | | | | Missing = 33 | |
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Fischer’s exact test.
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