Smoking status and abdominal obesity among normal- and overweight/obese adults: Population-based FINRISK study.

ABSTRACT: Several studies have reported direct associations of smoking with body mass index (BMI) and abdominal obesity. However, the interplay between them is poorly understood. Our first aim was to investigate the interaction between smoking status and BMI on abdominal obesity (waist circumference, WC). Our second aim was to examine how the association of smoking status with WC varies among normal and overweight/obese men and women. We examined 5833 participants from the National FINRISK 2007 Study. The interactions between smoking and BMI on WC were analyzed. Participants were categorized into eight groups according to BMI (normal weight vs. overweight/obese) and smoking status (never smoker, ex-smoker, occasional/light/moderate daily smoker, heavy daily smoker). The associations between each BMI

SUBMITTER: Tuovinen EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4959936 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature