Income-related inequality in smoking cessation among adult patients with cardiovascular disease: a 5-year follow-up of an angiography intervention in Luxembourg

Table 2 Change in smoking status between 2008/2009 and 2013/2014 (among those who reported smoking in 2008/2009)

	Tobacco
	Ever smokers (N)	Current smokers (%)	Former smokers (%)	p-value
All	250	43.2	56.8
Sex
Men	189	43.4	56.6	0.92
Women	61	42.6	57.4
Age
Less than 54	53	41.5	58.5	0.96
55–64	92	43.5	56.5
65 or older	105	43.8	56.2
Nationality
Luxembourg	175	44.0	56.0	0.76
Non-Luxembourg	75	41.9	58.1
Marital status
Married/Partnership	168	41.1	58.9	0.29
Other	81	48.2	51.8
Household income (annual, in €)
Less than 35,999	111	51.4	48.7	0.07
Between 36,000 and 53,999	75	37.3	62.7
54,000 or more	64	36.5	63.5
Diagnosis
Pectoris angina	95	44.2	55.8	0.0062
Acute myocardial infarction	42	21.4	78.6
Ischemic heart disease	30	40.0	60.0
Other event	83	54.2	45.8
BMI
Normal	58	58.2	41.8	0.0093
Overweight	108	44.1	55.9
Obese	84	31.7	68.4
Physical activity
Regular physical activity	100	43.8	56.3	0.0270
Occasional physical activity	58	26.8	73.2
No physical activity due to health	49	46.8	53.2
No physical activity	43	56.1	43.9
Awareness of tobacco as a CV risk factor
Yes	178	44.3	55.7	0.58
No	74	40.5	59.5

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