We assessed for associations of ever smoked (1 = current or former smoking on most or all days, 0 = never smoking on most or all days), cigarettes per day (present if they are currently smoking or past if they are no longer smoking), and smoking duration (age at the time of data collection minus the year they started smoking if they are currently smoking, and the year they stopped smoking minus the year they started smoking if they are no longer smoking) with gray matter and white matter controlling for age, sex, ethnicity, income, college degree, alcoholic drinks per month, body mass index, waist-hip ratio, diastolic and systolic blood pressure, and x , y , z position in the scanner
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