Response to the letter to the editor regarding “Smoking and coronary heart disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus”

We thank Dr. Kawada for his thoughtful comments in his letter [1] regarding our recent study [2]. Dr. Kawada was concerned about that past smoking history, instead of current smoking associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) in type 2 diabetes (T2D) and speculated that obesity would be a confounding factor on the association. However, based on our study (see Table 3) [2], the results of both univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses revealed that past smoking was associate with CHD in T2D; whereas neither univariate nor multiple logistic regression analysis showed significant association of current smoking with CHD in T2D.
Source: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Source Type: research