Cardiovascular Risk Among Patients Who Smoke: Risk Profiles and Differences by Sex

Introduction Smoking is particularly harmful to the cardiovascular system, and smoking-cessation is a key target for cardiovascular prevention. From a large nationwide database on subjects who visited smoking-cessation services, this study assessed the profile and abstinence rate comparing female wi...

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Published in:American journal of preventive medicine 2022-11, Vol.63 (5), p.800-808
Main Authors: Allagbé, Ingrid, Zeller, Marianne, Thomas, Daniel, Airagnes, Guillaume, Limosin, Frédéric, Boussadi, Abdelali, Chagué, Frédéric, Le Faou, Anne-Laurence
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abstinence
Anxiety
Carbon monoxide
Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular system
Cigarettes
Diabetes
Disease prevention
Hypercholesterolemia
Hypertension
Lung diseases
Mental depression
Nicotine
Obesity
Prevention
Respiratory diseases
Risk factors
Secondary schools
Smoking
Symptoms
Tobacco
Tobacco products
Young women
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Summary:Introduction Smoking is particularly harmful to the cardiovascular system, and smoking-cessation is a key target for cardiovascular prevention. From a large nationwide database on subjects who visited smoking-cessation services, this study assessed the profile and abstinence rate comparing female with male smokers at high cardiovascular risk. Methods This was an observational study from the French smoking-cessation services cohort (French national cohort Consultations de Dépendance Tabagique) between 2001 and 2018. Inclusion criteria were being aged ≥18 years and having ≥1 cardiovascular risk factor. Abstinence was self-reported (stopping cigarettes or other tobacco products use ≥28 consecutive days) and confirmed by exhaled carbon monoxide
ISSN:0749-3797
1873-2607
DOI:10.1016/j.amepre.2022.04.028