Research Article
Outdoor Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Diseases in Lebanon: A Case-Control Study
Table 2
Subject’s exposure to active and passive smoking and CVD.
| Variable | Controls = 219 (%) | Cases = 121 (%) | OR (95% CI) |
| Cigarette smoking status | | | | Nonsmokers | 137 (63.1) | 57 (47.1) | | Current smokers | 80 (36.9) | 64 (52.9) | 1.92 (1.22–3.01) | Passive cigarette smoking at home | | | | No | 106 (51.2) | 37 (30.8) | | Yes | 101 (48.8) | 83 (69.2) | 2.35 (1.46–3.78) | Passive cigarette smoking at work | | | | No | 21 (32.3) | 15 (33.3) | | Yes | 44 (67.7) | 30 (66.7) | 0.95 (0.42–2.14) | Water pipe smoking status | | | | Nonsmoker | 170 (78.0) | 100 (82.6) | | Current smoker | 48 (22.0) | 21 (17.4) | 0.74 (0.42–1.31) |
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OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
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