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Table 3 Comparison of self-reported cigarette smoking between PMRP and PhenX

From: Validation of PhenX measures in the personalized medicine research project for use in gene/environment studies

PMRP

PhenX

Smoked at least 100 cigarettes in entire life

 

No

Yes

Combined

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

No

1151 (52.1)

16 (0.7)

1167 (52.9)

Yes

88 (4.0)

953 (53.2)

1041 (47.1)

Combined

1239 (56.1)

969 (43.9)

2208 (100.0)

Kappa = 0.905 (95% CL=0.887, 0.923)

Frequency of current smoking PMRP enrollment and PhenX follow-up

 

Every day

Some days

Not at all

Combined

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Every day

60 (2.7)

12 (0.5)

39 (1.8)

111 (5.0)

Some days

8 (0.4)

10 (0.5)

23 (1.0)

41 (1.9)

Not at all

13 (0.6)

9 (0.4)

2027 (92.1)

2049 (100.0)

Combined

81 (3.7)

31 (1.4)

2089 (94.9)

2201 (100.0)

Kappa = 0.673 (0.604, 0.741)

  1. The numbers are the actual counts (and percent) of people responding “yes” or “no” on the two questionnaires about whether they had ever smoked 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and whether they were currently smoking. Agreement (no/no or yes/yes) is noted in bold.