Fish Intake May Limit the Increase in Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Morbidity and Mortality Among Heavy Smokers

Author:

Rodriguez Beatriz L.1,Sharp Dan S.1,Abbott Robert D.1,Burchfiel Cecil M.1,Masaki Kamal1,Chyou Po-Huang1,Huang Boji1,Yano Katsuhiko1,Curb Jess David1

Affiliation:

1. the John A. Burns School of Medicine, The University of Hawaii at Manoa, Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology and Geriatric Medicine (B.L.R., R.D.A., K.M., B.H., K.Y., J.D.C.), Honolulu, Hawaii; The Honolulu Heart Program, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (D.S.S., C.M.B.), Honolulu, Hawaii; Department of Biostatistics, University of Virginia (R.D.A.), Charlottesville; and The Honolulu Heart Program, Kuakini Medical Center (B.L.R., P.-H.C., B.H., K.Y., J.D.C.),...

Abstract

Background Research has shown that fish consumption limits damage to the lungs caused by cigarette smoking, possibly by the effects of fish on arachidonic acid metabolism. We explored this fish-smoking interaction using coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence and mortality as the outcome. Methods and Results The Honolulu Heart Program began in 1965 to follow a cohort of 8006 Japanese-American men aged 45 to 65 years who lived on Oahu, Hawaii, in 1965. Fish intake was measured at baseline by use of a questionnaire. For current smokers at baseline (n=3310) who reported low fish intake (<2 times/wk), age-adjusted 23-year CHD mortality rates increased with the number of cigarettes smoked per day (2.3, 3.1, and 6.9 per 1000 person-years for men who smoked <20, 20 to 30, and >30 cigarettes/d, respectively; trend test P <.0001). Among current smokers whose fish intake was high (≥2 times/wk), CHD mortality rates showed no relation with cigarettes/d (3.7, 3.2, and 3.7 per 1000 person-years for the corresponding levels of smoking). A Cox proportional hazards model based on current smokers, adjusted for age, years in Japan, calories/d, alcohol intake, physical activity index, years smoked, hypertension, and serum cholesterol, blood glucose, and uric acid levels, was examined. In the high-smoking group, the risk factor–adjusted relative risk (RR) for CHD mortality among those with high fish intake was half that of those with low fish consumption (RR=0.5, 95% confidence interval=0.28 to 0.91). A Cox model that adjusted for similar risk factors confirmed a significant interaction of cigarettes/d and fish intake ( P <.01) on CHD mortality. Analyses for CHD incidence showed similar results. Conclusions Despite the findings of this investigation, the public health message for smokers continues to be to stop smoking. However, an interaction between fish intake and cigarette smoking is biologically plausible and deserves further investigation. The study of this phenomenon may shed light on the biological mechanisms by which cigarette smoking leads to CHD.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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