[Meta-analysis of smoking and coronary heart disease in China].
In this paper, 11 case-control studies on the relation between smoking and CHD in China were analysed by means of Meta-analysis. The cumulative casesand controls were 1172 and 2507. The results showed that statistically signiflicant correlation between smoking and CHD was discovered. The pooled OR (smoking vs no-smoking) was 2.20 (95% CI: 1.91-2.55). There was strong dose-response relation between the amount of smoking and the OR in developing CHD.
Yao
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Department of Epidemiology, Nanjing Medical University.
Zhou
J Y
JY
D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*