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Figure 8

From: Systematic review with meta-analysis of the epidemiological evidence relating smoking to COPD, chronic bronchitis and emphysema

Figure 8

Forest plot of current smoking of any product and CB-part 1. Table 7 presents the results of a main meta-analysis for CB based on 113 relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) estimates for current smoking of any product (or cigarettes if any product not available). The individual study estimates are shown numerically and graphically on a logarithmic scale in Figures 8 and 9. The weights (inverse-variance) are also shown numerically, expressed as a percentage of the overall weight. The studies are sorted in order of sex within study reference (REF). In the graphical representation individual RRs are indicated by a solid square, with the area of the square proportional to the weight. Arrows indicate where the CI extends outside the range allocated.

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