Short- and long-term prognosis after coronary artery bypass grafting in relation to smoking habits.
We describe the 2- and 5-year prognoses following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in relation to smoking habits among consecutive patients being operated on in western Sweden during a 3-year period. Among the 2,121 patients, 10.2% admitted smoking at coronary angiography as compared with 7.5% 2 years after CABG (NS). Among smokers, the mortality during the subsequent 2 years was 8.9% as compared with 6.5% for exsmokers and 7.3% for never smokers (NS). During the 5-year follow-up, smokers had a mortality of 18.8% as compared with 13.6% for exsmokers and 12.5% for never smokers (p = 0.03). When correcting for dissimilarities in previous history, smoking was a strongly significant independent (p < 0.0001) predictor of 5-year mortality.
Herlitz
J
J
Division of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
Haglid
M
M
Albertsson
P
P
Westberg
S
S
Karlson
B W
BW
Hartford
M
M
Lurje
L
L
Caidahl
K
K
D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015996:Survival Rate; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology