Survey on smoking status and risk factors in residents

VernacularTitle:3373名居民吸烟现况及影响因素调查
Author: Xiaoyu HE ; Jiaying SUN ; Shuo LIU ; Lingling WANG ; Mingjing ZHAO ; Xiaoge WANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Smoking; Factor analysis,statistical
From: Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2012;11(3):213-214
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: A survey on smoking status and risk factors was conducted among 3373 residents in two districts of Shen yang city during November 2008 and September 2009 ; the pulmonary function tests were also performed for all subjects.A logistical regression model was used to evaluate the risk factors of smoking,and the knowledge about diseases caused by smoking was evaluated by chi-square test.The overall smoking rate was 50.7％ ( 1710/3373 ) ; 86.8％ (1458/1680) for males a(un)14.9％ (252/1693)for females.The risk factors of smoking ( P ＜ 0.05 ) in order of OR value were as follows:drinking,work environment and underlying diseases ; the protective factors were:female,educational level,overweight ( BMI ≥ 24) and old age.The survey on knowledge of smoking-related disease was conducted in 2478 residents including 815 smokers and 1663 non-smokers. The awareness levels about whether smoking can cause COPD,asthma,birth defects,malignant tumor,abortion,growth retardation,fetal death and myocardial infarction were significantly different between smokers and non-smokers.