High relative risk of all-cause mortality attributed to smoking in China: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prediction of disease burden in China arising from smoking based on earlier cohorts in the West and China could not reflect the disease burden at the current stage accurately. No cohort studies in China focused specifically on people born since 1950. We examined the risk of all-cause mortality attributed to smoking in adults in Guangzhou, the city with the most rapidly expanding economy in China.

Methods and findings

This population-based prospective cohort included 21,658 women and 8,284 men aged 50+ years enrolled from 2003-2008 and followed until January 2016. During an average follow-up of 8.8 (standard deviation = 1.8) years, 2,986 (1,586 women, 1,400 men) deaths were recorded. After adjustment for confounders, the hazards ratios (95% confidence interval (CI)

SUBMITTER: Lam TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5919701 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature