@article {Patel:2011:1087-3244:627,
title = "Relationship Between Smoking and Obesity Among Women",
journal = "American Journal of Health Behavior",
parent_itemid = "infobike://png/ajhb",
publishercode ="png",
year = "2011",
volume = "35",
number = "5",
publication date ="2011-09-15T00:00:00",
pages = "627-636",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1087-3244",
eissn = "1945-7359",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/png/ajhb/2011/00000035/00000005/art00011",
doi = "doi:10.5993/AJHB.35.5.11",
keyword = "BMI, SMOKING, RACE",
author = "Patel, Kushal and Hargreaves, Margaret K. and Liu, Jianguo and Schlundt, David and Sanderson, Maureen and Matthews, Charles E. and Dewey, Charlene M. and Kenerson, Donna and Buchowski, Maciej S. and Blot, William J.",
abstract = "
Objectives: To examine the relationship between smoking and weight status in adult women and whether this association differed by race.
Methods: The study sample consisted of 22,949 African American and 7831 white women enrolled in the Southern Community Cohort Study
from 2002 to 2006.
Results: Both African American and white current smokers had decreased odds of being overweight or obese compared to normal-weight nonsmokers, and the inverse trends between current smoking and BMI held for both groups.
Conclusion: A strong relationship
exists between smoking and weight status, with patterns nearly identical for African Americans and white women.",
}