Tobacco smoking and risks of more than 470 diseases in China: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tobacco smoking is estimated to account for more than 1 million annual deaths in China, and the epidemic continues to increase in men. Large nationwide prospective studies linked to different health records can help to periodically assess disease burden attributed to smoking. We aimed to examine associations of smoking with incidence of and mortality from an extensive range of diseases in China.

Methods

We analysed data from the prospective China Kadoorie Biobank, which recruited 512 726 adults aged 30-79 years, of whom 210 201 were men and 302 525 were women. Participants who had no major disabilities were identified through local residential records in 100-150 administrative units, which were randomly selected by use of multistage cluster sampling, from each of

SUBMITTER: Chan KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7613927 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature