Table 4

Smoking rates across subgroups of the BTS cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis cohort

All (n = 588)Women (n = 215)Men (n = 373)
Alive on 31 December 200171/97 (73.2%)25/47 (53.2%)46/50 (92.0%)
Died by 31 December 2001376/488 (77.1%)81/167 (48.5%)295/321 (91.9%)
Died from lung cancer44/46 (95.7%)5/6 (83.3%)39/40 (97.5%)
Died free of lung cancer332/442 (75.1%)76/161 (47.2%)256/281 (91.1%)
All448/588 (76.2%)106/215 (49.3%)342/373 (91.7%)