Risk of Heart Failure and Death After Prolonged Smoking Cessation: Role of Amount and Duration of Prior Smoking.
Publication/Presentation Date
7-2015
Abstract
BACKGROUND: -According to the 2004 Surgeon General's Report on Health Consequences of Smoking, after >15 years of abstinence, the cardiovascular risk of former smokers becomes similar to that of never-smokers. Whether this health benefit of smoking cessation varies by amount and duration of prior smoking remains unclear.
METHODS AND RESULTS: -Of the 4482 adults ≥65 years without prevalent heart failure (HF) in the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS), 2556 were never-smokers, 629 current smokers, and 1297 former smokers with >15 years of cessation, of whom 312 were heavy smokers (highest quartile; ≥32 pack-years). Age-sex-race-adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for centrally-adjudicated incident HF and mortality during 13 years of follow-up were estimated using Cox regression models. Compared to never-smokers, former smokers as a group had similar risk for incident HF (aHR, 0.99; 95% CI, 0.85-1.16) and all-cause mortality (aHR, 1.08; 95% CI, 0.96-1.20), but former heavy smokers had higher risk for both HF (aHR, 1.45; 95% CI, 1.15-1.83) and mortality (aHR, 1.38; 95% CI, 1.17-1.64). However, when compared to current smokers, former heavy smokers had lower risk of death (aHR, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.53-0.77), but not of HF (aHR, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.74-1.28).
CONCLUSIONS: -After >15 years of smoking cessation, the risk of HF and death for most former smokers becomes similar to that of never-smokers. Although this benefit of smoking cessation is not extended to those with ≥32 pack-years of prior smoking, they have lower risk of death relative to current smokers.
Volume
8
Issue
4
First Page
694
Last Page
701
ISSN
1941-3297
Published In/Presented At
Ahmed, A. A., Patel, K., Nyaku, M. A., Kheirbek, R. E., Bittner, V., Fonarow, G. C., & ... Ahmed, A. (2015). Risk of Heart Failure and Death After Prolonged Smoking Cessation: Role of Amount and Duration of Prior Smoking. Circulation. Heart Failure, 8(4), 694-701. doi:10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.114.001885
Disciplines
Medical Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
26038535
LVHN link
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Department(s)
Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine Faculty
Document Type
Article