Table 1 |
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Baseline characteristics of ATBC Study participants initiating smoking at ≤ 20 years |
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Characteristic |
Number of participants |
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All participants |
21657 |
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Age (years) |
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50–54 |
7778 |
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55–59 |
6908 |
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60–64 |
5058 |
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65–69 |
1913 |
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Cigarettes per day at baseline |
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5–19 |
7295 |
|
20–29 |
10259 |
|
≥ 30 |
4103 |
|
BMI (kg/m2) * |
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≤ 19 |
700 |
|
20–24 |
7781 |
|
25–29 |
9902 |
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≥ 30 |
3260 |
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Education (years at school) |
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≤ 6 |
17253 |
|
7–9 |
2956 |
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≥ 10 |
1448 |
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Residential neighborhood during the last 20 years * |
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City (> 50,000 inhab.) |
9305 |
|
Town |
4667 |
|
Village |
3160 |
|
Countryside |
4519 |
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* BMI was missing for 14 and residential neighborhood for 6 participants. |
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Hemilä and Kaprio Nutrition Journal 2008 7:33 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-7-33 |
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