Smoking intensity (pack/day) is a better measure than pack-years or smoking status for modeling cardiovascular disease outcomes

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2017, Pages 111-119

  Nance, Robin ^a   Delaney, Joseph ^a   McEvoy, John W ^b   Blaha, Michael J ^b   Burke, Gregory L ^c   Navas Acien, Ana ^d   Kaufman, Joel D ^a   Oelsner, Elizabeth C ^d   McClelland, Robyn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cohort; Intensity; Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis; Pack years; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85008698649     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.09.010     Document Type: Article

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