Mortalidad atribuible al consumo de tabaco en México

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2002

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Jesús Alegre et al., « Mortalidad atribuible al consumo de tabaco en México », Salud Pública de México, ID : 10670/1.a5c23d...


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Objective. To study the mortality attributable to tobaccoand alcohol consumption. Material and Methods. Deathsoccurring in 1998, abstracted from the mortality statisticsregistry in the Coyoacan District of Mexico City, wereclassified by cause as: Cardiovascular Diseases, RespiratoryDiseases, and Neoplasias. Relatives of the deceased wereinterviewed to answer a questionnaire on tobacco smokingand alcohol drinking. Results. Smoking during the last tenyears of life was significantly associated with cardiovasculardisease in men aged 70 years or older (OR 2.06, 95% CI1.18-3.58). Persistent smoking in the last year of life wassignificantly associated with deaths from neoplasias andrespiratory diseases in women aged 70 years or older (OR:7.24, 95% CI 1.71-30.53; OR: 4.82 95% CI 1.41-16.50,respectively). The regression model for cardiovasculardisease showed that subjects with intense tobaccoconsumption were almost twice as likely to die fromcardiovascular disease (OR 1.83, 95% CI 1.1-2.8, p

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