ArticlePloS one2025
Determining whether weight status mediates the association between number of cigarettes smoked per day and all-cause mortality among US adults who smoke cigarettes.
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introductionWhile there is evidence demonstrating the association between cigarette smoking and weight status, and mortality and weight status, it has not been examined whether weight status is a mediator between number of cigarettes smoked per day (CPD) and all-cause mortality, limiting our knowledge of this association and potential novel approaches to reduce all-cause mortality due to cigarette smoking. We aimed to evaluate whether weight status mediated the association between CPD and mortality.
methodsWe harnessed the 2003-2018 NHANES and the Linkage Mortality Files, which included adults who smoked ≥ 100 lifetime cigarettes (unweighted n = 5,676). A generalized linear model estimated the association between cigarettes smoked per day (CPD) and weight status (e.g., Body Mass Index (BMI) or Waist Circumference (WC)). An Accelerated Failure Time model with a Weibull distribution estimated the association between CPD and all-cause mortality with weight status as a mediator, adjusting for age, SES, alcohol consumption, race/ethnicity, sex/gender, blood pressure, total cholesterol, and physical activity.
resultsBetween 2003-2018, the sample's mean BMI was 27.97 kg/m2, sample's mean WC was 97.58 cm and mean CPD was 13.21. The total effect in the mediation analysis of WC adjusted by BMI levels in the association between CPD and all-cause mortality was -0.44 (95% CI = -2.00, -0.20; p = 0.016), the average direct effect was -0.35 (95% CI = -1.86, -0.10; p = 0.036), and the average indirect effect was -0.10 (95% CI = -0.23, -0.05; p < 0.001).
conclusionWC, as a surrogate measure of weight status, when adjusted by BMI levels, was a partial mediator between CPD and all-cause mortality. Public health interventions aimed to reduce mortality due to cigarette smoking at the population level should consider weight management programs as a harm reduction strategy to reduce mortality.
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