Taye Mezgebu, Getachew Ossabo, Asnakech Zekiwos, Hamdino Mohammed, Zerihun Demisse
Neonatal sepsis and its associated factors among neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit in Wachemo University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2022
Frontiers in pediatrics
objective tobacco use obesity leading causes preventable death us ecigarette use rise however obesity prevalence among ecigarette users unknown present study characterized obesity prevalence among ecigarette tobacco users national sample us adults method data obtained 2018 behavioral risk factor surveillance system approximately 249726 participants provided data ecigarette tobacco use height weight demographics categorized follows ever vaped ever smoked ever vaped never smoked never vaped ever smoked never vaped never smoked results obesity prevalence bmi 30 kgm2 differed significantly across groups 330 ever vaped ever smoked 277 ever vaped never smoked 331 never vaped ever smoked 321 never vaped never smoked p 001 groups also differed demographically logistic regressions adjusted demographics revealed subjects never vaped ever smoked group significantly likely obesity relative never vaped never smoked group p 0001 vaping status main effect secondary analyses using never smokers reference found current smokers less likely obesity former smokers likely obesity p 001 discussion present study first characterize us obesity prevalence among ecigarette tobacco users obesity prevalence lower ever vaped never smoked group however finding appears attributable demographic variables ecigarette use becomes common future research examine development maintenance obesity among users