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Table 3 The relation of smoking initiation age and pack-years with mortality in current smokers

From: Cigarette smoking and all-cause mortality in rural Chinese male adults: 15-year follow-up of the Anqing cohort study

Variables N Deaths (%) Crude model P value Adjusted modela P value
OR (95%CI) OR (95%CI)
Never 990 74 (7.5) ref   ref  
Age at smoking initiation, yrs
 B1(≥20) 2203 221 (10) 1.38 (1.05,1.81) 0.020 1.39 (1.06,1.84) 0.019
 B2(< 20) 1646 209 (12.7) 1.80 (1.36,2.38) < 0.001 1.91 (1.43,2.54) < 0.001
Pack-years(< 20)
  ≥ 20 697 59 (8.5) 1.14 (0.81,1.63) 0.452 1.22 (0.85,1.75) 0.279
  < 20 263 23 (8.7) 1.19 (0.73,1.93) 0.491 1.26 (0.76,2.08) 0.378
Pack-years(20–40)
  ≥ 20 1230 130 (10.6) 1.46 (1.09,1.97) 0.012 1.50 (1.11,2.04) 0.009
  < 20 918 115 (12.5) 1.77 (1.30,2.41) < 0.001 1.98 (1.43,2.74) < 0.001
Pack-years(≥40)
  ≥ 20 276 32 (11.6) 1.62 (1.05,2.51) 0.030 1.42 (0.90,2.23) 0.132
  < 20 465 71 (15.3) 2.23 (1.58,3.14) < 0.001 2.13 (1.49,3.06) < 0.001
  1. aAdjusted for age, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, fasting glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and alcohol drinking status, education level and occupation