Association of Heavy Smoking With High Body Mass Index and Cardiovascular Risk Score in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although smoking, an established cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, is a modifier of body mass index (BMI), studies are still lacking addressing a potential association between smoking and BMI or BMI-related risk factors in Asia. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between smoking and BMI or CVD risk factors in a working-age population in Japan.

Methods

Eight thousand eight hundred thirty-six male and seven thousand three hundred seventy female health checkup examinees in a single center without self-reported heart disease or stroke were analyzed by multiple regression analysis for an association between the smoking status (never, current, or past) or the number of cigarettes consumed (never (0/day), mild (< 10/day), moderate (10-19/day) or hea

SUBMITTER: Takeda K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12357598 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature