Smoking behavior change and risk of cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to examine the association between smoking behavior change and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods

This study used nationwide data from the Korean National Health Insurance System and included 349,137 T2DM patients who smoked. Smoking behavior changes were defined with five groups: quitters, reducers I (≥ 50% reduction), reducers II (20-50% reduction), sustainers (± 20%), and increasers (≥ 20% increase) from the number of cigarettes/day at the baseline.

Results

During a median follow-up of 5.1 years, 6,514 cases of myocardial infarction (MI) (1.9%), 7,837 cases of ischemic stroke (IS) (2.2%), and 14,932 deaths (4.3%) were identified. Quitters had a significantly decr

SUBMITTER: Jeong SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10387213 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature