Minal Patel1, Annette Kaufman2, Yvonne Hunt2, Linda Nebeling3. 1. Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Health Behaviors Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland. Electronic address: minal.patel@nih.gov. 2. Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Tobacco Control Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland. 3. Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Office of the Associate Director, Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Adolescent cigarette smoking has steadily declined since 1999, whereas adolescent obesity rates have quadrupled since the 1980s. Few studies address the longitudinal relationship of smoking and weight in youth and young adulthood. This study examines the relationship of smoking trajectories beginning in adolescence on weight status in young adulthood in a nationally representative longitudinal sample. METHODS: The study sample was drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health Waves I-IV (N = 13,361). Four trajectories were generated through repeated-measures latent class analyses using current cigarette smoking status in Waves I-IV and age of initiation: nonsmokers (44%), early establishers (23%), late establishers (21%), and former smokers (12%). Wave IV weight status included self-reported body mass index (BMI) and measured waist circumference. Bivariate analyses addressed associations between smoking trajectory and BMI at each wave. Multivariate linear regression models tested the relationship of smoking trajectory and weight status at Wave IV. RESULTS: In bivariate analyses, early and late establishers had a significantly lower BMI at Wave III and all smoking trajectories had a significantly lower BMI at Wave IV versus nonsmokers. All smoking trajectories had a significantly lower BMI than nonsmokers (early establishers: β = -1.27, confidence interval [CI]: -1.56 to -.98]; late establishers: β = -.84, CI: -1.16 to -.52; and former smokers: β = -.63, CI: -.93 to -.34; p < .05) in an adjusted multivariable regression model. CONCLUSIONS: This study reveals that weight status increased over time for all trajectories; thus smoking does not mitigate obesity risk. These results have implications for both research and interventions to help youth and young adults avoid both smoking and obesity. Published by Elsevier Inc.
PURPOSE: Adolescent cigarette smoking has steadily declined since 1999, whereas adolescent obesity rates have quadrupled since the 1980s. Few studies address the longitudinal relationship of smoking and weight in youth and young adulthood. This study examines the relationship of smoking trajectories beginning in adolescence on weight status in young adulthood in a nationally representative longitudinal sample. METHODS: The study sample was drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health Waves I-IV (N = 13,361). Four trajectories were generated through repeated-measures latent class analyses using current cigarette smoking status in Waves I-IV and age of initiation: nonsmokers (44%), early establishers (23%), late establishers (21%), and former smokers (12%). Wave IV weight status included self-reported body mass index (BMI) and measured waist circumference. Bivariate analyses addressed associations between smoking trajectory and BMI at each wave. Multivariate linear regression models tested the relationship of smoking trajectory and weight status at Wave IV. RESULTS: In bivariate analyses, early and late establishers had a significantly lower BMI at Wave III and all smoking trajectories had a significantly lower BMI at Wave IV versus nonsmokers. All smoking trajectories had a significantly lower BMI than nonsmokers (early establishers: β = -1.27, confidence interval [CI]: -1.56 to -.98]; late establishers: β = -.84, CI: -1.16 to -.52; and former smokers: β = -.63, CI: -.93 to -.34; p < .05) in an adjusted multivariable regression model. CONCLUSIONS: This study reveals that weight status increased over time for all trajectories; thus smoking does not mitigate obesity risk. These results have implications for both research and interventions to help youth and young adults avoid both smoking and obesity. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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Body mass index (BMI); Smoking; Trajectory analyses; Waist circumference
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