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Does cigarette smoking have an independent effect on coronary heart disease incidence in the elderly?

Author(s) -

Richard Benfante,

Dwayne Reed,

John Frank

Publication year - 1991

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.81.7.897

Subject(s) - medicine , coronary heart disease , myocardial infarction , incidence (geometry) , cigarette smoking , epidemiology , demography , cardiology , physics , sociology , optics

In order to evaluate the effects of cigarette smoking on coronary heart disease (CHD) in elderly persons in the Honolulu Heart Program, 1,394 men between ages 65 and 74 were followed during an average 12-year period for new cases of nonfatal myocardial infarction and fatal CHD. Incidence rates increased progressively in individuals classified at baseline as never, former, and current smokers, respectively. The absolute excess risk associated with cigarette smoking was nearly twice as high in elderly compared with middle-aged men.

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