Gender Differences in Relations of Smoking Status, Depression, and Suicidality in Korea: Findings from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008-2012.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

As mental health problems may play an important role in initiating and maintaining cigarette smoking in females and there are an increasing number of female smokers, we evaluated the relationship between smoking status and mental health problems including depression and suicide ideation in women in Korea.

Methods

We analyzed the 5-year cumulative data (19 years of age or older, n=32,184) from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) conducted from 2008 to 2012. Logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate associations between cigarette smoking status and mental health parameters while controlling for potentially confounding variables.

Results

Among current smokers, females showed higher lifetime prevalence in having a depre

SUBMITTER: Kim SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4823202 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature