Example sentences for: pack-years

How can you use “pack-years” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Cigarette smoking has not been consistently associated with breast cancer risk [ 12 ] . The elevated OR observed in this study for the highest quartile of pack-years smoked might be due to differential participation by controls with a lower pack-year history or differential reporting of smoking history by cases and controls.

  • Tobacco usage was assessed in pack-years, defined by the number of packs of cigarettes smoked daily multiplied by the number of years of active smoking.

  • This association was also significant for women aged 50 and over, but there was no trend with increasing pack-years smoked below the highest quartile (Table 2).

  • The Cardiovascular Health Study found no association between inflammatory markers and smoking status itself, although C-reactive protein was strongly related to lifetime smoking exposure as measured by pack-years.

  • 5 years was the cutoff point for the upper quartile of pack-years smoked among controls).


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