Table 4: Clinical and metabolic alterations according to cigarette smoking pattern in adults. Maracaibo, Venezuela.
| Non-Smoker | Smoker | Former smoker | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | χ2 (p)* | |
| BMI classification (kg/m2) | 38.5 (< 0.01) | ||||||
| < 24.99 | 529 | 76.6 | 101 | 14.8 | 58 | 8.7 | |
| 25-29.99 | 531 | 67.8 | 115 | 14.8 | 134 | 17.4 | |
| ≥ 30 | 484 | 64.8 | 112 | 15.1 | 148 | 20.1 | |
| JNC-8 classification | 28.72 (< 0.01) | ||||||
| Normotensive | 643 | 73.9 | 124 | 14.4 | 100 | 11.7 | |
| Prehypertensive | 565 | 67.1 | 137 | 16.4 | 137 | 16.5 | |
| Hypertensive | 336 | 66.0 | 67 | 13.4 | 103 | 20.6 | |
| Glycemic status | 19.26 (< 0.01) | ||||||
| Normoglycemic | 1143 | 71.5 | 223 | 14.1 | 228 | 14.4 | |
| Impaired fasting glucose | 106 | 57.0 | 32 | 17.2 | 46 | 25.8 | |
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 293 | 67.5 | 73 | 16.8 | 66 | 15.7 | |
| Metabolic syndrome | 37.99 (< 0.01) | ||||||
| Absent | 953 | 74.5 | 166 | 13.2 | 154 | 12.3 | |
| Present | 591 | 62.7 | 162 | 17.2 | 186 | 20.1 | |
| Total | 1544 | 69.8 | 328 | 14.8 | 340 | 15.4 | |