Effects of morbidity on smoking cessation: a national smoking cessation program

Table 3 Continuous abstinence rates over 6 months according to disease type

	HTN		DM		DL		CVD		COPD		MDD
	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Duration of smoking cessation (months)
< 6	564 (56.18)	124 (51.45)	604 (55.36)	84 (54.55)	637 (55.39)	51 (53.68)	467 (56.27)	221 (53.25)	653 (55.29)	35 (54.69)	656 (54.67)	32 (71.11)
≥ 6	440 (43.82)	117 (48.55)	487 (44.64)	70 (45.45)	513 (44.61)	44 (46.32)	363 (43.73)	194 (46.75)	528 (44.71)	29 (45.31)	544 (45.33)	13 (28.89)
p-value^a	0.185		0.849		0.748		0.314		0.925		0.029

Data are presented as number (%)
HTN hypertensive diseases, DM diabetes mellitus, DL disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidemias, CVD cardiovascular diseases (hypertensive diseases, diabetes mellitus, or disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidemias), COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, MDD major depressive disorder
^ap value from a χ² test comparing differences between any two groups

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