Table 3 Gender specific all heart disease and coronary heart disease mortality by smoking status^a among adults aged 18–44 years in the United States: National Health Interview Survey, 1997–2004 followed through December, 2006

Non current Smoker (ref)

No. of deaths

27

18

9

6

Current Smoker

No. of deaths

34

22

22

13

Crude HR

2.7

3.6

5.3

10.4

95 % CI

1.5–4.7

1.8–7.3

2.1–13.2

2.9–24.2

Age adjusted HR

2.7

3.5

5.3

9.9

95 % CI

1.5–4.7

1.7–7.1

2.1–13.3

2.7–22.8

Mutivariate HR^b

2.4

3.1

3.6

14.6

95 % CI

1.2–4.7

1.3–7.6

1.2–10.4

3.3–64.9