Respiratory system outcomes among ex and current smokers
| Ex smokers | Current smokers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | MRT/physio | ORU | ORA (95% CI) | MRT/physio | ORU | ORA (95% CI) |
| *Adjusted for age and gender. | ||||||
| †Adjusted for age. | ||||||
| ‡Adjusted for age, gender, and childhood asthma. | ||||||
| ORU, odds ratio unadjusted; ORA, odds ratio adjusted; CI, confidence interval. | ||||||
| n | 410/265 | 178/ 49 | ||||
| Asthma | ||||||
| Physician diagnosed asthma | 10%/14.0% | 0.7 | 0.6* (0.4 to 1.0) | 9.0%/ 16.3% | 0.5 | 0.5* (0.2 to 1.2) |
| New onset asthma | 5.4%/5.3% | F 1.0 | 1.1† (0.5 to 2.1) | 4.5%/ 4.1% | F 0.8 | 1.0 † (0.2 to 5.0) |
| M No cases | M 1 (4.6%) of 22 MRTs; no cases in 8 physios | |||||
| Respiratory symptoms past 12 months | ||||||
| 3 or more of 9 | 17.1%/14.3% | 1.2 | 1.4‡ (0.9 to 2.1) | 30.9%/16.3% | 2.3 | 3.2 ‡ (1.3 to 8.0) |
| 2 or more WR | 12.0%/4.9% | 2.6 | 3.0‡ (1.5 to 5.9) | 16.3%/6.1% | 3.0 | 3.5‡ (0.96 to 12.7) |
| 3 or more WR | 7.3%/2.3% | 3.4 | 3.3‡ (1.3 to 8.1) | 10.7%/4.1% | 2.8 | 3.0‡ (0.7 to 13.8) |