Korean J Prev Med.  1992 Sep;25(3):223-237.

Health-Related Behaviors and Subjective Symptoms Associated with Smoking of Freshmen in a University

• Park J
• Kim BW
• Kim YO
• Kim KS

Abstract

This study was to examine the association of the health-related behaviors and subjective symptoms with smoking. Data were collected by questionnaire survey during regular health examination from Mar. 23 to Mar. 31, 1992 for 1,615 male freshmen of a university in Kwangju City. The results obtained were as follows; 1. Among the freshmen, 26.9% reported that they were smokers. 69.4% for smokers started smoking for the recent 4 years, and 63.4% for smokers smoked 10 cigarettes or more a day. 2. Meal regularity, meat eating, use of coffee or tea and alcohol drinking were positively associated with the status, the duration and the amount of smoking while the vegetable preference was negatively associated with the status and the duration of smoking. 3. There was no evidence of familial aggregation in smoking status except that of siblings. 4. Respiratory symptoms like cough or phlegm, dyspnea were positively associated with the status, the duration, and the amount of smoking. General symptoms like chest pain, fatigue, back pain, facial edema, and weight loss were positively associated with the duration and the amount of smoking. Other symptoms like headache, dizziness, and myalgia were not associated with smoking. 5. In multivariate' logistic regression analysis, cough or phlegm, dyspnea, chest pain, facial edema, and back pain were related to smoking status.

Keyword

smoking; health-related behaviors; subjective symptoms; cross-sectional study; university student

MeSH Terms

Alcohol Drinking
Back Pain
Chest Pain
Coffee
Cough
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dizziness
Dyspnea
Eating
Edema
Fatigue
Gwangju
Headache
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Meals
Meat
Myalgia
Surveys and Questionnaires
Siblings
Smoke*
Smoking*
Tea
Tobacco Products
Vegetables
Weight Loss
Coffee
Smoke
Tea