Document Type

Capstone Experience

Graduation Date

12-2024

Degree Name

Master of Public Health

Department

Epidemiology

First Committee Member

Brittney Dickey, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor Department of Epidemiology

Second Committee Member

Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD, Professor Department of Epidemiology

Abstract

Objective:

To determine if current smoking status is a risk factor for angina among women under the age of 65.

Methods:

A subset of participants from the Framingham Heart Studywere used to complete a cohort study. The analyses evaluated population means and characteristics, followed by bivariate and multivariable logistic regression, to determine the association of smoking and other key factors with angina.

Results:

Smoking status had a significant association to angina(OR 0.67, 95% CI: 0.52, 0.86, p-value= 0.0015). Age as a categorical variable had a significant relationship with angina (OR 0.97, 95% CI: 0.617, 1.520, p-value=

Conclusions:

Smoking had a significant association with occurrences of angina, but the association became nonsignificant after additional control variables were added into the model.

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Epidemiology Commons

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