Smoking Cessation, Weight Change, Type 2 Diabetes, and Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether weight gain after smoking cessation attenuates the health benefits of quitting is unclear.

Methods

In three cohort studies involving men and women in the United States, we identified those who had reported quitting smoking and we prospectively assessed changes in smoking status and body weight. We estimated risks of type 2 diabetes, death from cardiovascular disease, and death from any cause among those who had reported quitting smoking, according to weight changes after smoking cessation.

Results

The risk of type 2 diabetes was higher among recent quitters (2 to 6 years since smoking cessation) than among current smokers (hazard ratio, 1.22; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.12 to 1.32). The risk peaked 5 to 7 years after quitting and then gradually

SUBMITTER: Hu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6165582 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature