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Table 3 The distribution of tobacco as a CV risk factor depending on smoking status

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

 

ALL

Current smokers

Former smokers

 

Awareness of tobacco as a CV risk factor

p-value

Awareness of tobacco as a CV risk factor

p-value

Awareness of tobacco as a CV risk factor

p-value

All

70.4

 

72.2

 

69.0

 

Sex

 Men

71.4

0.53

73.2

0.69

70.1

0.63

 Women

67.2

 

69.2

 

65.7

 

Age

 Less than 54

88.7

0.0031

90.9

0.06

87.1

0.0460

 55–64

68.5

 

72.5

 

65.4

 

 65 or older

62.9

 

63.0

 

62.7

 

Nationality

 Luxembourg

69.7

0.76

66.2

0.0285

72.5

0.16

 Non-Luxembourg

71.6

 

87.1

 

60.5

 

Marital status

 Married/Partnership

71.4

0.57

69.6

0.41

72.7

0.12

 Other

67.9

 

76.9

 

59.5

 

Household income (annual, in €)

 Less than 35,999

64.0

0.0009

73.7

0.06

53.7

0.0009

 Between 36,000 and 53,999

64.0

 

57.1

 

68.1

 

 54,000 or more

88.9

 

87.0

 

90.0

 

Diagnosis

 Pectoris angina

69.5

0.73

71.4

Non applicable

67.9

0.33

 Acute myocardial infarction

64.3

 

55.6

 

66.7

 

 Ischemic heart disease

73.3

 

100.0

 

55.6

 

 Other event

73.5

 

68.9

 

79.0

 

BMI

 Normal

65.5

0.10

65.6

0.29

65.2

0.16

 Overweight

66.7

 

73.3

 

61.4

 

 Obese

79.8

 

84.0

 

77.8

 

Physical activity

 Regular physical activity

77.1

0.37

71.4

0.70

81.5

0.091

 Occasional physical activity

73.2

 

86.7

 

68.3

 

 No physical activity due to health

63.8

 

72.7

 

56.0

 

 No physical activity

68.3

 

73.9

 

61.1

 
  1. CVD Cardiovascular disease, BMI Body mass index, € Euro