Smoking in adolescence as a risk factor for abdominal obesity in adulthood
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Data from 4296 subjects participating in the FinnTwin16, a prospective population-based questionnaire study of five consecutive birth cohorts of Finnish twins born between 1975 and 1979, was used to investigate the association between adolescent smoking and overweight/abdominal obesity in adulthood. The results revealed that smoking at least 10 cigarettes daily when aged 16-18 years was a risk factor for abdominal obesity in later life among both genders, and for overweight in women. After adjusting for confounders (including body mass index), the odds ratio for adult abdominal obesity was 1.34 (95% confidence interval: 0.95-1.88). Preventing smoking during adolescence may contribute to promote healthy weight, and potentially to decrease the subsequent morbidity related to abdominal obesity.
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