Lee D J, Markides K S
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL 33101.
Am J Public Health. 1991 Jul;81(7):859-64. doi: 10.2105/ajph.81.7.859.
Cigarette smokers often engage in other, potentially deleterious, health behaviors. Such behaviors have not been well documented in Mexican American smokers.
Data from the Southwestern sample of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) were employed to investigate differences in health behaviors, risk factors and health indicators between cigarette smokers and nonsmokers among Mexican Americans. Differences between those smoking less than 10 and 10 or more cigarettes per day were also examined by age group and gender.
Positive associations between smoking status and heavy coffee and alcohol consumption were found across gender and age groups. Less consistent was the finding that smokers weighed less than nonsmokers. Lower systolic and diastolic blood pressures in middle-aged smokers, and higher levels of depressive symptomatology among smoking women were found. Those smoking 10 or more cigarettes per day were more likely to report heavy coffee consumption, with younger men reporting greater activity limitation due to poor health. Middle-aged men and women in the 10+ category were generally in better health than lighter smokers.
Modest associations between cigarette smoking, health behaviors and risk factors found in other studies were confirmed in this Mexican American population. Few significant associations between smoking and health status were noted.
吸烟者常常有其他可能有害健康的行为。这些行为在墨西哥裔美国吸烟者中尚未得到充分记录。
利用西班牙裔健康与营养检查调查（HHANES）西南样本的数据，调查墨西哥裔美国人中吸烟者和非吸烟者在健康行为、风险因素及健康指标方面的差异。还按年龄组和性别对每日吸烟少于10支和10支及以上的人群差异进行了研究。
在各性别和年龄组中均发现吸烟状况与大量饮用咖啡及饮酒之间存在正相关。吸烟者体重低于非吸烟者这一发现不太一致。中年吸烟者的收缩压和舒张压较低，吸烟女性的抑郁症状水平较高。每日吸烟10支及以上者更有可能报告大量饮用咖啡，年轻男性因健康状况不佳报告活动受限的情况更多。10支及以上组的中年男性和女性总体健康状况比轻度吸烟者更好。
其他研究中发现的吸烟、健康行为及风险因素之间的适度关联在该墨西哥裔美国人群中得到了证实。吸烟与健康状况之间几乎没有显著关联。
