Name
smkstat5
Label
Current smoking status
Domain
smokingstatus
  • 0: Never smoked
  • 1: Former smoker quit more than 1 year ago
  • 2: Former smoker quit less than 1 year ago
  • 3: Current smoker
  • 4: Do not know
Type
choices
Current smoking status vs MESA exam number
Exam 5
Total 2,237
Never smoked 1,206
Former smoker quit more than 1 year ago 820
Former smoker quit less than 1 year ago 32
Current smoker 149
Do not know 12
Unknown 18
Current smoking status vs Participant Age at MESA Sleep Visit
Exam 5
54.0 to 62.0 years 62.0 to 69.0 years 69.0 to 77.0 years 77.0 to 95.0 years Total
Total 560 559 559 559 2,237
Never smoked 295 295 302 314 1,206
Former smoker quit more than 1 year ago 186 191 225 218 820
Former smoker quit less than 1 year ago 10 12 5 5 32
Current smoker 57 56 24 12 149
Do not know 6 2 2 2 12
Unknown 6 3 1 8 18
Current smoking status vs Gender of the participant
Exam 5
Female Male Total
Total 1,198 1,039 2,237
Never smoked 734 472 1,206
Former smoker quit more than 1 year ago 365 455 820
Former smoker quit less than 1 year ago 13 19 32
Current smoker 74 75 149
Do not know 1 11 12
Unknown 11 7 18
Current smoking status vs Race/ethnicity of the participant
Exam 5
White, Caucasian Chinese American Black, African-American Hispanic Total
Total 830 265 616 526 2,237
Never smoked 387 221 293 305 1,206
Former smoker quit more than 1 year ago 377 32 234 177 820
Former smoker quit less than 1 year ago 11 1 11 9 32
Current smoker 48 8 67 26 149
Do not know 2 2 4 4 12
Unknown 5 1 7 5 18