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dc.contributor.authorGram, Inger Torhild
dc.contributor.authorSandin, Sven
dc.contributor.authorBraaten, Tonje
dc.contributor.authorLund, Eiliv
dc.contributor.authorWeiderpass, Elisabete
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-24T09:06:16Z
dc.date.available2014-03-24T09:06:16Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractRecent studies have found that the risk of death continues to increase among female smokers, as compared with women who have never smoked. We wanted to examine the effect of smoking on all-cause and causespecific mortality and calculate the corresponding population attributable fraction (PAF) of mortality in the Norwegian women and cancer study; a nationally representative prospective cohort study. We followed 85,320 women, aged 31–70 years, who completed a questionnaire in 1991–1997, through linkages to national registries through December 2008. Questionnaire data included information on lifestyle factors, including lifetime history of smoking. Poisson regression models were fitted to estimate relative risks (RRs) with 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) adjusting for age, birth cohort, education, postmenopausal status, alcohol consumption and body mass index, all at enrollment. During a mean follow-up time of 14 years 2,842 deaths occurred. Compared with that of never smokers, current smokers had a mortality rate that was double (RR = 2.34; 95 % CI 2.13–2.62) from deaths overall, triple (RR = 3.30; 95 % CI 2.21–4.82) from cerebrovascular disease and myocardial infarction (RR = 3.65; 95 % CI 2.18–6.15), 12 times (RR = 12.16; 95 % CI 7.80–19.00) from lung cancer and seventeen times (RR = 17.00; 95 % CI 5.90–48.78) from chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. The PAF of mortality due to smoking was 34 % (CI 30–39). In summary, one in three deaths among middle aged women in Norway could have been prevented if the women did not smoke. More middleaged women, than ever before, are dying prematurely due to smoking in Norway.en
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Journal of Epidemiology 28(2013) nr. 10 s. 799-806en
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1089577
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10654-013-9851-6
dc.identifier.issn0393-2990
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/6083
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_5774
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherSpringerLinken
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine, Social medicine: 801en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801en
dc.titleThe hazards of death by smoking in middle-aged womenen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen
dc.typePeer revieweden


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