Table 4 Level of spousal smoking related to deaths from lung cancer and coronary heart disease among never smokers in 25-state CPS I cohort as of 1959. Relative risk (RR with 95% CI) comparing persons with each level of exposure to those without exposure. Proportional hazards linear model (PHREG) is used and RR is adjusted for age at entry.
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| Lung cancer (ICD7 = 162–3, ICD8 = 162) | Coronary heart disease (ICD7 = 420, ICD8 = 410–4). | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 60–31 Dec 65 | 1 Jan 60–30 Sep 72 | 1 Jan 60–31 Dec 65 | 1 Jan 60–30 Sep 72 | ||||||
| Spousal smoking (ETS index level) as of 1959 | Subjects | Deaths | Age-adjusted RR (95% CI) | Deaths | Age-adjusted RR (95% CI) | Deaths | Age-adjusted RR (95% CI) | Deaths | Age-adjusted RR (95% CI) |
| nn,nnn | nnn | x.xx (x.xx-x.xx) | nnn | x.xx (x.xx-x.xx) | nnn | x.xx (x.xx-x.xx) | nnn | x.xx (x.xx-x.xx) | |
| Males | |||||||||
| Never (1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||
| Former (2) | |||||||||
| Current | |||||||||
| 1–9 cpd (3) | |||||||||
| 10–19 cpd(4) | |||||||||
| 20 cpd (5) | |||||||||
| 21–39 cpd (6) | |||||||||
| 40+ cpd (7) | |||||||||
| Current – total | |||||||||
| Ever | |||||||||
| Females | |||||||||
| Never (1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||
| Former (2) | |||||||||
| Current | |||||||||
| Pipe/cigar (3) | |||||||||
| 1–9 cpd (4) | |||||||||
| 10–19 cpd (5) | |||||||||
| 20 cpd (6) | |||||||||
| 21–39 cpd (7) | |||||||||
| 40+ cpd (8) | |||||||||
| Current – total | |||||||||
| Ever | |||||||||