黑人成年人戒烟:性别和年龄的差异
Ryan A Park1, Alicia M Allen2,3, Devashri Prabhudesai4
1College of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Tucson, University of Arizona.
概括
这项研究发现,在考虑基线吸烟率后,使用尼古丁替代疗法 (NRT) 的黑人成年人中,戒烟结果没有显著的性别差异. 建议进行进一步的研究来证实这些发现.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 成 药物 药物 药物 药物
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 与男性相比,女性的戒烟结果通常较差,特别是在使用尼古丁替代疗法 (NRT) 时.
- 黑人成年人面临更高的烟草相关死亡率,并具有不同的卵巢激素配置文件.
- 这项研究是首次在一个纯黑人参与者样本中调查NRT辅助戒烟的性别,年龄和更年期相关差异.
研究的目的:
- 检查使用尼古丁替代疗法 (NRT) 的黑人成年人戒烟结果的性别差异.
- 探索年龄和更年期状态对这些戒烟结果的影响.
- 解决黑人人口中不同性别的NRT疗效研究中的差距.
主要方法:
- 对非西班牙裔黑人成年人 (18岁以上) 每天吸5-30支烟的二次数据分析.
- 参与者按性别 (女性/男性) 和年龄 (<45/>=45岁) 分类;绝经后状态定义为年龄>=45.5岁的女性.
- 通过戒烟尝试,一氧化碳验证的戒烟和减少吸烟来评估吸烟状态;统计分析包括曼-惠特尼,奇方和回归模型,用于控制基线吸烟.
主要成果:
- 在基线,男性每天吸烟的数量明显高于女性 (p=0.031).
- 年轻男性 (<45) 戒烟后每日吸烟的减少比女性更大,但在调整为基线吸烟率 (p=0.989) 后,这种差异并不显著.
- 在这个样本中,没有观察到戒烟结果的其他显著的基于性别的差异.
结论:
- 在对照了基线吸烟水平后,在这个全黑人样本中,在戒烟结果中没有发现任何显著的性别差异.
- 基线香烟消费的性别差异可能是影响戒烟结果的关键因素.
- 需要进一步的研究来验证这些发现,并探索它们对黑人戒烟干预措施的影响.
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