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February 3, 2020Open Access

Compared with nonsmokers, light and moderate smokers had lower odds of general obesity (e.g., male light smokers OR 0.72, 95% CI 0.65-0.81), but heavy smokers were more likely to have general and abdominal obesity than other smokers.

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Why the study?

The study aimed to longitudinally explore the independent association of smoking status and cigarette consumption with general and abdominal obesity among Chinese adults by gender.

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

Population

75,348 adults aged 18-65 years in China

Comparison

Light, moderate, and heavy smokers vs nonsmokers

Design

Longitudinal survey cohort study

Follow-up

1991-2015

Authors

JZJian ZhaoDFDandan FanCSChang Su

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Overview

Smoking intensity shows nonlinear obesity links in Chinese adults; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change cessation advice.

Structured PICO

Do smoking behaviors 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 longitudinal data of China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS, 1991-2015)
I
Intervention
Smoking behaviors (light: 1-14 cigarettes/day, moderate: 15-24 cigarettes/day, heavy: >25 cigarettes/day)
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Comparator
Nonsmokers
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Outcome
General obesity (measured by BMI) and abdominal obesity (measured by waist circumference)surrogate

While light to moderate smoking is associated with lower BMI and waist circumference compared to nonsmokers, heavy smoking increases the likelihood of general and abdominal obesity.

Cite This Study

Zhao et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a83bfa020cfb2932ffe1ed8https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.22495/v1
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