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Smoking and obesity linked to multiple cardiovascular diseases
In women, current smoking and diabetes treatment were linked to two- to threefold higher relative risks of multiple cardiovascular diseases versus never smoking and no…In women, current smoking and diabetes treatment were linked to two- to threefold higher relative risks of multiple cardiovascular diseases versus never smoking and no diabetes treatment, respectively.
Cohort · 1,244,294 peopleCardiovascular disease
Who was studied1,244,294 UK women, against healthy-weight women or never-smokers, respectively
What changedRisk of multiple cardiovascular diseases was 2–3 times higher with obesity or current smoking versus healthy weight or never smoking
The catchSmoking was recorded only at baseline; later quitting could underestimate risks of continued smoking