Lupus until now attacked at least about 5 million people in the world. Patients
with lupus in Indonesia in 1998 recorded 586 cases, in 2005 as many as 6578
cases, in 2008 there were 8693 cases and in April 2009 there were 8,891 patients
with lupus. This study aims to identify risk factors of smoking with the incidence
of lupus in Solo Raya. This research is case-control study. The total of sample is
72 peoples. The bivariate analysis using Chi Square and Fisher's Exact Test.
Multivariate analysis using logistic regression test. The results of bivariate
analysis showed that there was no association between environmental exposure of
tobacco in family (p = 0.234), there is anassociation between the environmental
exposure oftobaccosmoke in the workplace (p = 0.009), there was no association
between the exposure of tobacco smoke in (p = 0.056) there is anassociation
between exposure oftobacco smoke in public transportation (p = 0.000) with the
incidence of lupus in Solo Raya. While the results of multivariate analysis showed
that exposure oftobacco smoke in public transportation has the highest risk
10.737 (95% CI = 2.159 to 53.390), it means that a person who expose to tobacco
smoke in public transportation has amounted to 10.737 times risk for triggering
lupus
