Sentence examples for more common smoking from inspiring English sources

Of the 55 examined conditions, four were statistically significantly less common in patients with definite CH compared with controls (diabetes, musculoskeletal/orthopaedic problems, "other gastrointestinal diagnoses" and skin conditions) and four were statistically significantly more common (smoking, depression, dental disorders and deviated septum).

Although we had no information on risk factors in the patients with oesophageal cancer in this study, our results suggest that the higher prevalence of squamous cell cancer in the lower SES patients is due to more common smoking habits and alcohol consumption in these patients, whereas in patients with a higher income risk factors for GERD are more prominent.

In conclusion, although engaging in health protective behaviour is more common and smoking less common in childhood cancer survivors than among young adults from the general population, a comparable proportion of young adults in both populations engage in multiple health-compromising activities.

Waterpipe smoking was significantly more common than cigarette smoking among boys and girls in the majority of countries included in this survey.

This confirmed the report by WHO [ 13] that in some countries where cigarette smoking is more common among men, waterpipe smoking appears to be more evenly distributed between both genders.

Women with low (<20) and high (>30) body mass index values seemed to be more common in the smoking group compared to non-smokers.

Many of the chronic diseases associated with smoking are more common among those who start smoking early in life [ 9- 11], and smoking cessation early in life provides the greatest benefit in terms of reduced morbidity and mortality [ 12].

Further, BMIs were higher, smoking more common, and physical activity less frequent for females.

Snuff use was more common among women than smoking, with 22% of female control patients and 4% of males reporting this habit.

Overweight was slightly less prevalent and smoking more common at 18 years than at 16 years, but the prevalence of overweight still remained extremely high (85%) and the amount of smokers relatively low at 18 years (32%).

Among traditional risk factors, hypertension and increased triglycerides was significantly more common in SLE, while smoking was not, which in general is in line with previous observations [ 3, 5].