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February 17, 2020Open Access

New evidence on the effect of smoking on the obesity risk among adults, Findings from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS, 1991-2015)

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Why the study?

To estimate the approximately causal effects of smoking on the obesity risk among Chinese adults.

Does smoking affect the risk of general and abdominal obesity in Chinese adults?

Comparison

Current smokers vs nonsmokers, and male heavy smokers vs other smokers

Design

Survey-based study using ordinary-least squares and probit models

Authors

JZJian ZhaoJSJian Sun

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Overview

Cautions against viewing smoking as protective against obesity; leaves open causal inference in Chinese adults.

Structured PICO

Does smoking affect the risk of general and abdominal obesity in Chinese adults?

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Population
75,348 Chinese adults (35,907 males and 39,441 females) aged 18-65 years from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS, 1991-2015)
I
Intervention
Smoking (current smokers and heavy smokers >25 cigarettes/day)
C
Comparator
Nonsmokers (and other smokers for the heavy smoker comparison)
O
Outcome
Risk of general obesity and abdominal obesity

Current smoking is associated with a lower probability of general and abdominal obesity among Chinese adults, but heavy smoking in males increases obesity risk.

Cite This Study

Zhao et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a83bfa020cfb2932ffe1ed7https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.23668/v1
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