• Impact of smoking and smoking cessation on cardiovascular events and mortality among older adults: Meta-analysis of Individual participant data from prospective cohort studies of the CHANCES consortium 

      Mons, Ute; Muezzinler, Aysel; Gellert, Carolin; Schöttker, Ben; Abnet, Christian C.; Bobak, Martin; de Groot, Lisette; Freedman, Neal D.; Jansen, Eugène; Kee, Frank; Kromhout, Daan; Kuulasmaa, Kari; Laatikainen, Tiina; O’Doherty, Mark G.; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas; Orfanos, Philippos; Peters, Annette; van der Schouw, Yvonne T.; Wilsgaard, Tom; Wolk, Alicja; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Boffetta, Paolo; Brenner, Hermann (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-20)
      Objective To investigate the impact of smoking and smoking cessation on cardiovascular mortality, acute coronary events, and stroke events in people aged 60 and older, and to calculate and report risk advancement periods for cardiovascular mortality in addition to traditional epidemiological relative risk measures.<p> <p>Design Individual participant meta-analysis using data from 25 cohorts ...