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Table 4 The relation of smoking cessation age and pack-years with mortality in former smoker

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

Smoking Status N Deaths (%) Crude Adjusteda
OR (95%CI) P value OR (95%CI) P value
Never 990 74 (7.5) ref   ref  
Age at cessation, yrs
  < 55 465 59 (12.7) 1.80 (1.25,2.59) 0.002 2.20 (1.49,3.27) < 0.001
  ≥ 55 63 16 (25.4) 4.21 (2.29,7.75) < 0.001 2.22 (1.45,3.41) 0.004
pack-years (<median (26))
  < 55 246 32 (13.0) 1.85 (1.19, 2.88) 0.006 2.66 (1.63, 4.33) < 0.001
  ≥ 55 10 4 (40.0) 8.25 (2.28,29.85) 0.001 3.96 (1.03,15.14) 0.045
pack-years (≥median (26))
  < 55 219 27 (12.3) 1.74 (1.09,2.78) 0.020 1.94 (1.18,3.20) 0.009
  ≥ 55 53 12 (22.6) 3.62 (1.84,7.13) < 0.001 2.58 (1.18,5.63) 0.018
  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