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. 2006 May 31;37(9):478-81.
doi: 10.1157/13089083.

[Running and its influence on smoking habits]

[Article in Spanish]
Ricardo Ortega Sánchez-Pinilla  1 , Eva María Aguilar-Blanco
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[Running and its influence on smoking habits]

[Article in Spanish]
Ricardo Ortega Sánchez-Pinilla et al. Aten Primaria. .

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Objective: To investigate whether running influences smoking habits.

Design: Study of cases and controls, with 1:1 pairing. Retrospective longitudinal observational study.

Setting: Primary care. City of Toledo, Spain.

Cases: 48 healthy volunteer runners of 47+/-7.8 years of age.

Controls: 48 healthy subjects, paired by gender and year of birth, chosen at random from the medical list assigned to the medical researcher.

Principal measurements: Smoking habits and alcohol consumption in grams per week using a questionnaire, weight, height, blood pressure, and heart rate at rest. The odds ratio (OR) was obtained on the proportion of subjects who smoked or smoked at some time, those who continued smoking and the probabilities of giving up tobacco in each group.

Results: The OR of the proportion of subjects who smoked or had smoked between the groups of runners (54.2%) and controls (70.9%) was 0.486 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.205-1.149; chi(2)=2.8; P=.093). The OR for continuing the habit between groups of runners (8.4%) and controls (41.7%) was 0.127 (95% CI, 0.035-0.456; chi(2)=14.0; P=.0002). In the group of runners, 45.8% had stopped smoking, as well as 31.2% of the controls (OR=7.85; 95% CI, 1.89-32.52; chi(2)=11.8; P=.0007); 50% of the runners who smoked had given it up since starting to run and 76.9% of these had given it up just at the time of starting to run.

Conclusions: There is a negative association between running and tobacco. If a smoker decides to run regularly he/she has high probabilities of giving up smoking and continue to do so.

Objetivo: Investigar si la carrera a pie influye sobre el hábito tabáquico.

Diseño: Estudio de casos y controles, con emparejamiento 1:1. Observación longitudinal retrospectiva.

Emplazamiento: Atención primaria. Ciudad de Toledo.

Participantes: Casos: 48 corredores voluntarios sanos de 47 ± 7,8 años de edad. Controles: 48 sujetos sanos, emparejados por sexo y año de nacimiento, elegidos al azar entre la población adscrita al medico investigador.

Mediciones principales: Hábito tabáquico y gramos semanales de alcohol mediante cuestionario, peso, talla, presión arterial y frecuencia cardíaca de reposo. Se obtuvieron las odds ratio (OR) de las proporciones de sujetos que fumaban o habían fumado alguna vez, de los que seguían fumando y de las probabilidades de abandono del tabaco de cada grupo.

Resultados: La OR de la proporción de sujetos que fumaban o habían fumado entre los grupos de corredores (54,2%) y controles (70,9%) era de 0,486 (intervalo de confianza [IC] del 95%, 0,205-1,149; χ2 = 2,8; p = 0,093). La OR para continuación del hábito entre los grupos de corredores (8,4%) y controles (41,7%) era de 0,127 (IC del 95%, 0,035-0,456; χ2 = 14,0; p = 0,0002). En el grupo de corredores había abandonado el tabaco el 45,8% y en el de controles, el 31,2% (OR = 7,85; IC del 95%, 1,89-32,52; χ2 = 11,8; p = 0,0007). El 50% de los corredores que fumaban lo había dejado desde que comenzó a correr y el 76,9% de éstos lo había dejado justo en el momento de comenzar a correr.

Conclusiones: Hay una asociación negativa entre carrera a pie y tabaco. Si un fumador decide comenzar a correr regularmente, tiene muchas probabilidades de dejar de fumar y mantenerse así.

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