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Smoking and Health-Related Quality of Life in the General Population. Independent Relationships and Large Differences According to Patterns and Quantity of Smoking and to Gender

BACKGROUND: Relationships between smoking and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the general population remain unclear. OBJECTIVES: To quantify the independent associations between smoking patterns and HRQoL and to identify any threshold or non-linear tendencies in these associations. METHODS...

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Autores principales: Coste, Joël, Quinquis, Laurent, D'Almeida, Samuel, Audureau, Etienne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3956698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24637739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091562
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author Coste, Joël
Quinquis, Laurent
D'Almeida, Samuel
Audureau, Etienne
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Quinquis, Laurent
D'Almeida, Samuel
Audureau, Etienne
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description BACKGROUND: Relationships between smoking and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the general population remain unclear. OBJECTIVES: To quantify the independent associations between smoking patterns and HRQoL and to identify any threshold or non-linear tendencies in these associations. METHODS: A national representative, cross-sectional household survey of the French general non institutionalized population included 7525 men and 8486 women, aged 25–64 year in 2003. Scores on the eight subscales of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form were the primary outcomes. Linear regression analyses were used to evaluate the associations between HRQoL and smoking history, quantity of smoking and smoking cessation while controlling for various socio-economic variables, depression, alcohol dependence and pathological conditions. Analyses were conducted in 2013. RESULTS: Independent associations between smoking and HRQoL were found, including small positive associations for occasional or light smoking (up to 5 cigarettes per day), and larger and diffuse negative associations above this threshold. Much weaker associations and higher thresholds for negative HRQoL were found for women than for men. For ex-smokers of both genders, HRQoL was found to be better between 2 and 5 years after quitting. CONCLUSIONS: Smoking was independently related to HRQoL, with large differences according to the pattern and quantity of smoking, and to gender. These results may have considerable relevance both for public health action and care of smokers.
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spelling pubmed-39566982014-03-18 Smoking and Health-Related Quality of Life in the General Population. Independent Relationships and Large Differences According to Patterns and Quantity of Smoking and to Gender Coste, Joël Quinquis, Laurent D'Almeida, Samuel Audureau, Etienne PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Relationships between smoking and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the general population remain unclear. OBJECTIVES: To quantify the independent associations between smoking patterns and HRQoL and to identify any threshold or non-linear tendencies in these associations. METHODS: A national representative, cross-sectional household survey of the French general non institutionalized population included 7525 men and 8486 women, aged 25–64 year in 2003. Scores on the eight subscales of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form were the primary outcomes. Linear regression analyses were used to evaluate the associations between HRQoL and smoking history, quantity of smoking and smoking cessation while controlling for various socio-economic variables, depression, alcohol dependence and pathological conditions. Analyses were conducted in 2013. RESULTS: Independent associations between smoking and HRQoL were found, including small positive associations for occasional or light smoking (up to 5 cigarettes per day), and larger and diffuse negative associations above this threshold. Much weaker associations and higher thresholds for negative HRQoL were found for women than for men. For ex-smokers of both genders, HRQoL was found to be better between 2 and 5 years after quitting. CONCLUSIONS: Smoking was independently related to HRQoL, with large differences according to the pattern and quantity of smoking, and to gender. These results may have considerable relevance both for public health action and care of smokers. Public Library of Science 2014-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3956698/ /pubmed/24637739 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091562 Text en © 2014 Coste et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Coste, Joël
Quinquis, Laurent
D'Almeida, Samuel
Audureau, Etienne
Smoking and Health-Related Quality of Life in the General Population. Independent Relationships and Large Differences According to Patterns and Quantity of Smoking and to Gender
title Smoking and Health-Related Quality of Life in the General Population. Independent Relationships and Large Differences According to Patterns and Quantity of Smoking and to Gender
title_full Smoking and Health-Related Quality of Life in the General Population. Independent Relationships and Large Differences According to Patterns and Quantity of Smoking and to Gender
title_fullStr Smoking and Health-Related Quality of Life in the General Population. Independent Relationships and Large Differences According to Patterns and Quantity of Smoking and to Gender
title_full_unstemmed Smoking and Health-Related Quality of Life in the General Population. Independent Relationships and Large Differences According to Patterns and Quantity of Smoking and to Gender
title_short Smoking and Health-Related Quality of Life in the General Population. Independent Relationships and Large Differences According to Patterns and Quantity of Smoking and to Gender
title_sort smoking and health-related quality of life in the general population. independent relationships and large differences according to patterns and quantity of smoking and to gender
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3956698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24637739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091562
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