Why the study?
Does smoking affect blood pressure in adults?
Population
33,860 randomly selected adults with valid BMI and BP measurements from the Health Survey for England
Comparison
Smoking (current or past) vs Never smoking
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Small independent smoking-BP effect warrants no practice change; leaves open sex-specific confounding by alcohol and BMI.
Does smoking affect blood pressure in adults?
The independent chronic effect of smoking on blood pressure is small, with differences between men and women likely due to complex interrelations among smoking, alcohol intake, and BMI.
Primatesta et al. (2001) studied this question.
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