Association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and survival in men and women: a prospective study
Background Previous epidemiologic studies have examined the association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) incidence, but their results have been inconsistent. Moreover, limited information exists on the association between smoking and survival in ALS patients. We evaluated the a...
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| author | Alonso, Alvaro Jick, Susan S. Logroscino, Giancarlo Hernan, Miguel Angel |
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Previous epidemiologic studies have examined the association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) incidence, but their results have been inconsistent. Moreover, limited information exists on the association between smoking and survival in ALS patients. We evaluated the association of smoking with ALS incidence and survival in a population-based cohort.
Methods
We conducted a case-control study nested in the General Practice Research Database, a computerized clinical database in the United Kingdom. Cases were 1143 individuals with a diagnosis of ALS; 11,371 matched controls were selected among GPRD participants free of ALS. Predictors of survival were determined in the ALS cases. Smoking information was obtained from the computer database.
Results
Smoking was not associated with the risk of ALS in this population. The rate ratio (RR) of ALS comparing ever versus never smokers was 1.04, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.80-1.34. In analysis stratified by gender, however, ever smoking was associated with ALS in women (RR 1.53, 95% CI 1.04-2.23) but not in men (RR 0.75, 95% CI 0.53-1.06). Mortality was 71% after 2.1 average years of follow-up. Old age and female sex were associated with lower survival. Smoking was a predictor of mortality only in women. Comparing ever versus never smokers, RR (95% CI) of death was 1.31 (1.04-1.65) in women, and 0.90 (0.72-1.11) in men.
Conclusion
In this large population-based study, smoking was associated with ALS risk and worse survival in women but not in men. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/695462022-09-27T14:58:24Z Association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and survival in men and women: a prospective study Alonso, Alvaro Jick, Susan S. Logroscino, Giancarlo Hernan, Miguel Angel Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology Hernan, Miguel Angel Hernan, Miguel Angel Background Previous epidemiologic studies have examined the association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) incidence, but their results have been inconsistent. Moreover, limited information exists on the association between smoking and survival in ALS patients. We evaluated the association of smoking with ALS incidence and survival in a population-based cohort. Methods We conducted a case-control study nested in the General Practice Research Database, a computerized clinical database in the United Kingdom. Cases were 1143 individuals with a diagnosis of ALS; 11,371 matched controls were selected among GPRD participants free of ALS. Predictors of survival were determined in the ALS cases. Smoking information was obtained from the computer database. Results Smoking was not associated with the risk of ALS in this population. The rate ratio (RR) of ALS comparing ever versus never smokers was 1.04, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.80-1.34. In analysis stratified by gender, however, ever smoking was associated with ALS in women (RR 1.53, 95% CI 1.04-2.23) but not in men (RR 0.75, 95% CI 0.53-1.06). Mortality was 71% after 2.1 average years of follow-up. Old age and female sex were associated with lower survival. Smoking was a predictor of mortality only in women. Comparing ever versus never smokers, RR (95% CI) of death was 1.31 (1.04-1.65) in women, and 0.90 (0.72-1.11) in men. Conclusion In this large population-based study, smoking was associated with ALS risk and worse survival in women but not in men. University of Minnesota. Graduate School (Grant-in-Aid) Harvard University. Program on the Global Epidemiology of Aging (grant NIH/NIA P30 AG024409-03 f) 2012-03-01T18:29:59Z 2012-03-01T18:29:59Z 2010-01 2009-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1471-2377 1471-2377 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69546 Alonso, Alvaro et al. “Association of Smoking with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Risk and Survival in Men and Women: a Prospective Study.” BMC Neurology 10.1 (2010): 6. Web. 1 Mar. 2012. en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-10-6 BMC Neurology Creative Commons Attribution http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 application/pdf Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.) BioMed Central |
| spellingShingle | Alonso, Alvaro Jick, Susan S. Logroscino, Giancarlo Hernan, Miguel Angel Association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and survival in men and women: a prospective study |
| title | Association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and survival in men and women: a prospective study |
| title_full | Association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and survival in men and women: a prospective study |
| title_fullStr | Association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and survival in men and women: a prospective study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and survival in men and women: a prospective study |
| title_short | Association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and survival in men and women: a prospective study |
| title_sort | association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and survival in men and women a prospective study |
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