Tobacco use among the elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The aim of this study was to combine the results of identified surveys on the prevalence of tobacco use in old age to estimate world prevalence of tobacco use and possible factors related to such behavior among the elderly. The literature search included electronic databases such as MEDLINE, LILACS, and Biological Abstracts, hand-searching of specialist journals and cited reference searches. The combined global prevalence was estimated using the random effects model. The total number of elderly subjects included in all surveys was 140,058, with data available from all the continents. Overall prevalence of tobacco use was 13% in both genders (22% male and 8% female). The prevalence rates were heterogeneous among surveys and were associated with smoking definition, questionnaire application, and country economic status. Few epidemiological studies assessed tobacco use among the elderly. A higher prevalence rate of tobacco use in males who live in higher income countries could be found, although additional evidence regarding elderly samples is still required.

• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Cadernos de Saúde Pública

• Publication date

  2010-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology

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  DOI 10.1590/S0102-311X2010001200002PMID 21243218
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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