ArticleTobacco induced diseases2021
The role of smoking cessation programs in lowering blood pressure: A retrospective cohort study.
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Abstract
introductionCigarette smoking affects blood pressure and is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. The role of smoking cessation programs with respect to blood pressure remains inconclusive. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the effects of a smoking cessation program on blood pressure.
methodsParticipants who attended the smoking cessation program in an outpatient clinic of a tertiary medical center in Taiwan from 2017 to 2018 were enrolled in this retrospective cohort study. Their smoking cessation status was traced via phone calls during the third month, and the researchers collected participant characteristics and blood pressure before and after the program. Differences in the participants' blood pressure, based on those with and those without hypertension, were compared using analysis of covariance. Univariable logistic regression models were used to determine factors associated with success in smoking cessation. In total, there were 721 participants. The participants had a mean age of 55.8±11.4 years and 68.1% of the participants were hypertensive.
resultsDuring the program, the overall systolic blood pressure decreased by 4.0±17.9 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure decreased by 2.5±12.0 mmHg, from the baseline. Hypertensive participants showed a more prominent blood pressure lowering effect compared to non-hypertensive participants in terms of the subtraction difference of systolic blood pressure (-5.0±19.0 vs -1.9±15.2 mmHg, p=0.018) and diastolic blood pressure (-3.1±12.9 vs -1.1±9.6 mmHg, p=0.016). After multivariate control, the results showed that the adjusted subtraction difference of diastolic blood pressure was still more significant in the hypertensive group than in the non-hypertensive group.
conclusionsThe smoking cessation program significantly reduced both systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure in the entire cohort. The results were more significant in the hypertensive group compared to the non-hypertensive group.
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