• 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 ...
    • Quantification of the smoking-associated cancer risk with rate advancement periods: Meta-analysis of individual participant data from cohorts of the CHANCES consortium 

      Ordóñez-Mena, José Manuel; Schöttker, Ben; Mons, Ute; Jenab, Mazda; Freisling, Heinz; Bueno-De-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; O'Doherty, Mark G.; Scott, Angela; Kee, Frank; Stricker, Bruno H.; Hofman, Albert; de Keyser, Catherine E.; Ruiter, Rikje; Söderberg, Stefan; Jousilahti, Pekka; Kuulasmaa, Kari; Freedman, Neal D.; Wilsgaard, Tom; de Groot, Lisette C.P.G.M.; Kampman, Ellen; Håkansson, Niclas; Orsini, Nicola; Wolk, Alicja; Nilsson, Lena Maria; Tjønneland, Anne; Pająk, Andrzej; Malyutina, Sofia; Kúbinová, Růžena; Tamosiunas, Abdonas; Bobak, Martin; Katsoulis, Michail; Orfanos, Philippos; Boffetta, Paolo; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Brenner, Hermann (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-04-05)
      Background:<br> Smoking is the most important individual risk factor for many cancer sites but its association with breast and prostate cancer is not entirely clear. Rate advancement periods (RAPs) may enhance communication of smoking related risk to the general population. Thus, we estimated RAPs for the association of smoking exposure (smoking status, time since smoking cessation, smoking ...