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The Joint Influence of Gender and Amount of Smoking on Weight Gain One Year after Smoking Cessation

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  • Isabella Locatelli

    (Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 44, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, Route de la Corniche 10, CH-1010 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Tinh-Hai Collet

    (Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 44, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Service of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University Hospital of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 46, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Carole Clair

    (Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 44, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Nicolas Rodondi

    (Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland)

  • Jacques Cornuz

    (Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 44, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland)

Abstract

Weight gain is often associated with smoking cessation and may discourage smokers from quitting. This study estimated the weight gained one year after smoking cessation and examined the risk factors associated with weight gain in order to identify socio-demographic groups at higher risk of increased weight after quitting. We analyzed data from 750 adults in two randomized controlled studies that included smokers motivated to quit and found a gradient in weight gain according to the actual duration of abstinence during follow-up. Subjects who were abstinent for at least 40 weeks gained 4.6 kg (SD = 3.8) on average, compared to 1.2 kg (SD = 2.6) for those who were abstinent less than 20 weeks during the 1-year follow-up. Considering the duration of abstinence as an exposure variable, we found an age effect and a significant interaction between sex and the amount of smoking before quitting: younger subjects gained more weight than older subjects; among light smokers, men gained more weight on average than women one year after quitting, while the opposite was observed among heavy smokers. Young women smoking heavily at baseline had the highest risk of weight gain after quitting.

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  • Isabella Locatelli & Tinh-Hai Collet & Carole Clair & Nicolas Rodondi & Jacques Cornuz, 2014. "The Joint Influence of Gender and Amount of Smoking on Weight Gain One Year after Smoking Cessation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-13, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:11:y:2014:i:8:p:8443-8455:d:39309
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    1. Henri-Jean Aubin & Ivan Berlin & Elisheva Smadja & Robert West, 2009. "Factors Associated with Higher Body Mass Index, Weight Concern, and Weight Gain in a Multinational Cohort Study of Smokers Intending to Quit," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 6(3), pages 1-15, March.
    2. Swan, G.E. & Carmelli, D., 1995. "Characteristics associated with excessive weight gain after smoking cessation in men," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 85(1), pages 73-77.
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