Changes over 15 years in the contribution of adiposity and smoking to deaths in England and Scotland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For many years smoking has been the major threat to public health in developed countries. However, smoking prevalence has declined over a period when adiposity has increased. The aim of this study was to determine whether adiposity now accounts for more deaths than smoking in the general population as a whole or sub-groups of it.

Methods

This is a comparative risk assessment study using Health Surveys for England and Scottish Health Surveys from 2003 to 2017. Annual prevalence of overweight, obesity, current and former smoking were obtained and combined using population-based weights. Sex-specific risk ratios for all-cause mortality were obtained from the most recently published meta-analyses. Population attributable fractions across yeas were then estimated.

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SUBMITTER: Ho FK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7876822 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature