Differences in Active and Passive Smoking Exposures and Lung Cancer Incidence Between Veterans and Non-Veterans in the Women’s Health Initiative
Bastian LA, Gray KE, DeRycke E, Mirza S, Gierisch JM, Haskell SG, Magruder KM, Wakelee HA, Wang A, Ho GY, LaCroix AZ. Differences in Active and Passive Smoking Exposures and Lung Cancer Incidence Between Veterans and Non-Veterans in the Women’s Health Initiative. The Gerontologist 2016, 56: s102-s111. PMID: 26768384, PMCID: PMC5881614, DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPassive smoking exposureWomen's Health InitiativeSmoking exposureLung cancer incidenceLung cancerWomen veteransHealth initiativesCancer incidenceHigh riskCox proportional hazards modelLung cancer incidence ratesOlder women veteransPassive tobacco exposureCancer incidence ratesProportional hazards modelHigh ratePostmenopausal womenPack yearsPassive smokingTobacco exposureProspective dataIncidence rateNon-VeteransTobacco useHazards modelMilitary Generation and Its Relationship to Mortality in Women Veterans in the Women’s Health Initiative
Washington DL, Bird CE, LaMonte MJ, Goldstein KM, Rillamas-Sun E, Stefanick ML, Woods NF, Bastian LA, Gass M, Weitlauf JC. Military Generation and Its Relationship to Mortality in Women Veterans in the Women’s Health Initiative. The Gerontologist 2016, 56: s126-s137. PMID: 26768386, PMCID: PMC5881617, DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWomen's Health InitiativeCause mortality ratesHazard rate ratiosMortality rateHealth initiativesStudy armsTrauma-related mortalityNon-veteran womenHealthy soldier effectCause-specific mortalityExcess mortality ratesProportional hazards modelHealth risk behaviorsVeteran statusMedical morbidityHigher cancerRisk factorsWHI participantsAdditional adjustmentMortality riskOlder womenHazards modelWomen veteransHealth behaviorsBirth cohort