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Open Access 01-12-2023 | Diabetes | Research
Smoking behavior change and risk of cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Published in: Cardiovascular Diabetology | Issue 1/2023
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Background
We aimed to examine the association between smoking behavior change and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Methods
This study used nationwide data from the Korean National Health Insurance System and included 349,137 T2DM patients who smoked. Smoking behavior changes were defined with five groups: quitters, reducers I (≥ 50% reduction), reducers II (20–50% reduction), sustainers (± 20%), and increasers (≥ 20% increase) from the number of cigarettes/day at the baseline.
Results
During a median follow-up of 5.1 years, 6,514 cases of myocardial infarction (MI) (1.9%), 7,837 cases of ischemic stroke (IS) (2.2%), and 14,932 deaths (4.3%) were identified. Quitters had a significantly decreased risk of MI (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 0.80, 95% CI 0.75–0.86) and IS (aHR 0.80, 95% CI 0.75–0.85) compared to sustainers, whereas reducers did not have a significant association with the risk of MI (aHR 1.03, 95% CI 0.94–1.13) and IS (aHR 1.00, 95% CI 0.92–1.08) in reducer I. Quitters also had a lower all-cause and CVD mortality than sustainers.
Conclusions
Smoking cessation was associated with decreased CVD incidence, and all-cause and CVD mortality among T2DM patients. However, smoking reduction was not associated with decreased risks for these.