Table 3

Smoking status change in relation to changes from baseline in SBP and DBP using the GLM

 NChange in SBPChange in DBPChange in SBP*Change in DBP‡
Crude mean (SE)Crude mean (SE)Adjusted mean (SE)Adjusted mean (SE)
2000–2007
Male smoking status change‡
 Non-smokers to non-smokers11718.86 (16.88)0.64 (10.42)*9.03 (16.08)**0.87 (9.98)**
 Smokers to non-smokers4768.66 (17.77)0.32 (10.86)*8.89 (16.91)**0.36 (10.52)**
 Non-smokers to smokers3619.39 (16.09)1.82 (10.34)*9.31 (15.38)**1.64 (10.16)**
 Smokers to smokers21188.23 (15.75)1.42 (10.35)*8.39 (15.32)**1.43 (10.09)**
Female smoking status change‡
 Non-smokers to non-smokers531811.24 (18.14)*1.99 (11.03)11.17 (17.91)**1.94 (10.90)**
 Smokers to non-smokers597.53 (19.03)*1.67 (8.94)7.81 (19.15)**1.89 (9.08)**
 Non-smokers to smokers5114.66 (18.21)*1.23 (11.85)14.25 (18.43)**0.76 (12.09)**
 Smokers to smokers5215.91 (17.86)*3.71 (8.67)16.07 (17.73)**4.07 (8.68)**
2000–2015
Male smoking status change‡
 Non-smokers to non-smokers111212.97 (20.93)**1.15 (12.86)**13.37 (19.81)**1.47 (12.29)**
 Smokers to non-smokers52916.12 (21.79)**1.95 (13.12)**16.64 (21.39)**2.17 (12.91)**
 Non-smokers to smokers33812.61 (19.82)**3.04 (12.15)**12.42 (18.06)**2.86 (11.50)**
 Smokers to smokers199513.29 (19.30)**2.52 (11.87)**12.91 (18.18)**2.39 (11.34)**
Female smoking status change‡
 Non-smokers to non-smokers503917.70 (22.44)*3.04 (12.61)*17.56 (21.47)**3.01 (12.18)**
 Smokers to non-smokers5524.23 (23.50)*5.15 (12.18)*24.78 (23.25)**5.07 (11.70)**
 Non-smokers to smokers6221.88 (22.93)*7.07 (13.78)*22.16 (23.68)**7.54 (14.39)**
 Smokers to smokers4823.59 (27.59)*5.28 (10.28)*20.85 (21.67)**5.64 (9.93)**

  • *P<0.05; **P<0.010.

  • *Adjusted for age, employment, household income, education, body mass index (BMI) and residence.

  • †Adjusted for age, employment, household income, education and BMI.

  • ‡Non-smokers refer to respondents who never smoked and former smokers.

  • DBP, diastolic blood pressure; GLM, general linear model; SBP, systolic blood pressure.