TY - JOUR
T1 - Passive smoking, active smoking, and education
T2 - Their relationship to weight history in women in Geneva
AU - Bernstein, Martine
AU - Morabia, Alfredo
AU - Héritier, Stéphane
AU - Katchatrian, Nairn
PY - 1996/9
Y1 - 1996/9
N2 - Objectives. This study was undertaken to determine the relationship of education and tobacco smoke to lifetime weight history in women. Methods. Information on passive smoking, active smoking, and weight history was collected from 928 women aged 29 to 74 years selected from the general population of Geneva, Switzerland. Multivariate analysis of variance was performed for weight, weight at age 20, and weight change since age 20. Results. Education was inversely related to weight at age 20, current weight, and weight gain since age 20. The least educated group had a current weight of 4 kg more than the most educated group. Differences across smoking categories were small: passive smokers had the highest current weight (63.4 kg) and former active smokers had the lowest (60.4 kg). Weight gain since age 20 tended to be smaller in former and current active smokers (5.5 to 7.2 kg) than in passive smokers (8.3 to 10.4 kg) and those never exposed (9.1 kg). Conclusions. In this sample, education was an important predictor of women's current weight and weight history. Passive and active smoking had little long-term effect on weight.
AB - Objectives. This study was undertaken to determine the relationship of education and tobacco smoke to lifetime weight history in women. Methods. Information on passive smoking, active smoking, and weight history was collected from 928 women aged 29 to 74 years selected from the general population of Geneva, Switzerland. Multivariate analysis of variance was performed for weight, weight at age 20, and weight change since age 20. Results. Education was inversely related to weight at age 20, current weight, and weight gain since age 20. The least educated group had a current weight of 4 kg more than the most educated group. Differences across smoking categories were small: passive smokers had the highest current weight (63.4 kg) and former active smokers had the lowest (60.4 kg). Weight gain since age 20 tended to be smaller in former and current active smokers (5.5 to 7.2 kg) than in passive smokers (8.3 to 10.4 kg) and those never exposed (9.1 kg). Conclusions. In this sample, education was an important predictor of women's current weight and weight history. Passive and active smoking had little long-term effect on weight.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.86.9.1267
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.86.9.1267
M3 - Article
C2 - 8806379
AN - SCOPUS:0029809842
VL - 86
SP - 1267
EP - 1272
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
SN - 0090-0036
IS - 9
ER -