Open AccessPassive smoking and 20-year cardiovascular disease mortality among nonsmoking wives, Evans County, Georgia.
Author(s) -
Charles G. Humble,
Janet B. Croft,
Ann M. Gerber,
Michele Casper,
Curtis G. Hames,
H. A. Tyroler
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.80.5.599
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , cohort , body mass index , cohort study , proportional hazards model , blood pressure , passive smoking , disease , gerontology , environmental health , sociology
The association of passive smoking and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality was assessed in a cohort of 513 rural, married Black and White women who were disease-free and self-described as never-smokers at baseline in 1960. Over a 20-year period, 76 of 147 total deaths were attributed to CVD. Relative risk estimates adjusted for age, cholesterol, blood pressure, and body mass from proportional hazards models were 1.59 for CVD (95% CI = 0.99, 2.57) and 1.39 (CI = 0.99, 1.94) for all cause mortality among women with husbands who smoked cigarettes.