Research Article

Smoking Cessation Carries a Short-Term Rising Risk for Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus Independently of Weight Gain: A 6-Year Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Demographics of the studied individuals by smoking status and metabolic characteristics.

Smoking statusNever-smokersEx-smokers in the 1st year of abstinenceEx-smokers in the 2nd year of abstinenceEx-smokers in the 3rd year of abstinenceEx-smokers in the 4th year of abstinenceEx-smokers after the 4th year of abstinenceCurrent smokersTotal

Number of people437014614427820239929138452
Age at the 1st exam.41.3 (7.4)43.0 (7.4)45.0 (8.8)41.6 (4.7)43.7 (8.3)42.3 (6.3)40.9 (6.5)41.4 (7.1)
Abdominal obesity at the 1st exam.1080 (24.7)39 (26.7)43 (29.9)73 (26.3)52 (25.7)115 (28.8)923 (31.7)2325 (27.5)
Dyslipidemia at the 1st exam.1280 (29.3)52 (35.6)51 (35.4)76 (27.3)60 (29.7)124 (31.1)1227 (42.1)2870 (34.0)
High blood pressure at the 1st exam.3405 (77.9)119 (81.5)126 (87.5)212 (76.3)164 (81.2)327 (82.0)2285 (78.4)6638 (78.5)
Impaired fasting glucose at the 1st exam.1020 (23.3)47 (32.2)47 (32.6)64 (23.0)62 (30.7)111 (27.8)696 (23.9)2047 (24.2)
Weight gain (kg) at the final exam.1.08 (4.07)2.41 (3.87)0.99 (5.66)1.28 (4.23)0.91 (4.41)1.07 (4.43)1.33 (4.32)1.19 (4.22)
Newly diagnosed DM157 (3.6)11 (7.5)13 (9.0)8 (2.9)10 (5.0)16 (4.0)159 (5.5)374 (4.4)

Data are number of people or mean. Percentage and standard deviation are shown in parenthesis. Continuous variables such as age and weight gain were calculated as means with standard deviation (SD) in parenthesis.