Associations between weight change over 8 years and baseline body mass index in a cohort of continuing and quitting smokers.

AIM: To examine the association between weight change and baseline body mass index (BMI) over 8 years in a cohort of continuing and quitting smokers. DESIGN: Prospective cohort. SETTING: Oxfordshire general practices nicotine patch/placebo trial with 8-year follow-up. PARTICIPANTS: Eighty-five part...

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Main Authors: Lycett, D, Munafò, M, Johnstone, E, Murphy, M, Aveyard, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011
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author Lycett, D
Munafò, M
Johnstone, E
Murphy, M
Aveyard, P
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Munafò, M
Johnstone, E
Murphy, M
Aveyard, P
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description AIM: To examine the association between weight change and baseline body mass index (BMI) over 8 years in a cohort of continuing and quitting smokers. DESIGN: Prospective cohort. SETTING: Oxfordshire general practices nicotine patch/placebo trial with 8-year follow-up. PARTICIPANTS: Eighty-five participants were biochemically proven abstinent at 3, 6, 12 months and 8 years (abstainers). A total of 613 smoked throughout the 8 years (smokers), 26 quit for a whole year but were smoking again by 8 years (relapsed); 116 smoked for the first year but were abstinent at 8 years (late abstainers). MEASUREMENTS: Weight and BMI was measured at baseline and at 8 years. Regression models were used to examine weight gain by smoking status and the association of BMI at the time of quitting. FINDINGS: Abstainers gained 8.79kg [standard deviation (SD) 6.36; 95% confidence interval (CI) 7.42, 10.17]. Smokers gained 2.24 kg (SD 6.65; 95% CI 1.7, 2.77). Relapsed smokers gained 3.28 kg (SD 7.16; 95% CI 0.328, 6.24). Late abstainers gained 8.33 kg (SD 8.04; 95% CI 6.85, 9.81). The association between baseline BMI and weight change was modified by smoking status. In smokers there was a negative linear association of BMI, while in abstainers a J-shaped curve fitted best. These models estimated weight change over 8 years in abstainers of +9.8 kg, +7.8kg, +10.2kg, +19.4kg and in smokers of +3.9kg, +2.6kg, 1.0kg and -0.8kg, where BMI was 18, 23, 29 and 36, respectively. CONCLUSION: Obese smokers gain most weight on quitting smoking, while obese continuing smokers are likely to remain stable or lose weight. Obese quitters have the greatest need for interventions to ameliorate weight gain.
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spelling oxford-uuid:f6ee1131-4512-4523-bdfa-8b1526b16ba92022-03-27T12:38:38ZAssociations between weight change over 8 years and baseline body mass index in a cohort of continuing and quitting smokers.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f6ee1131-4512-4523-bdfa-8b1526b16ba9EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2011Lycett, DMunafò, MJohnstone, EMurphy, MAveyard, P AIM: To examine the association between weight change and baseline body mass index (BMI) over 8 years in a cohort of continuing and quitting smokers. DESIGN: Prospective cohort. SETTING: Oxfordshire general practices nicotine patch/placebo trial with 8-year follow-up. PARTICIPANTS: Eighty-five participants were biochemically proven abstinent at 3, 6, 12 months and 8 years (abstainers). A total of 613 smoked throughout the 8 years (smokers), 26 quit for a whole year but were smoking again by 8 years (relapsed); 116 smoked for the first year but were abstinent at 8 years (late abstainers). MEASUREMENTS: Weight and BMI was measured at baseline and at 8 years. Regression models were used to examine weight gain by smoking status and the association of BMI at the time of quitting. FINDINGS: Abstainers gained 8.79kg [standard deviation (SD) 6.36; 95% confidence interval (CI) 7.42, 10.17]. Smokers gained 2.24 kg (SD 6.65; 95% CI 1.7, 2.77). Relapsed smokers gained 3.28 kg (SD 7.16; 95% CI 0.328, 6.24). Late abstainers gained 8.33 kg (SD 8.04; 95% CI 6.85, 9.81). The association between baseline BMI and weight change was modified by smoking status. In smokers there was a negative linear association of BMI, while in abstainers a J-shaped curve fitted best. These models estimated weight change over 8 years in abstainers of +9.8 kg, +7.8kg, +10.2kg, +19.4kg and in smokers of +3.9kg, +2.6kg, 1.0kg and -0.8kg, where BMI was 18, 23, 29 and 36, respectively. CONCLUSION: Obese smokers gain most weight on quitting smoking, while obese continuing smokers are likely to remain stable or lose weight. Obese quitters have the greatest need for interventions to ameliorate weight gain.
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Murphy, M
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Associations between weight change over 8 years and baseline body mass index in a cohort of continuing and quitting smokers.
title Associations between weight change over 8 years and baseline body mass index in a cohort of continuing and quitting smokers.
title_full Associations between weight change over 8 years and baseline body mass index in a cohort of continuing and quitting smokers.
title_fullStr Associations between weight change over 8 years and baseline body mass index in a cohort of continuing and quitting smokers.
title_full_unstemmed Associations between weight change over 8 years and baseline body mass index in a cohort of continuing and quitting smokers.
title_short Associations between weight change over 8 years and baseline body mass index in a cohort of continuing and quitting smokers.
title_sort associations between weight change over 8 years and baseline body mass index in a cohort of continuing and quitting smokers
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