Skip to main content
. 2023 Jun 10;35(2):163–168. doi: 10.37616/2212-5043.1338

Table 1.

Demographic and lifestyle characteristics for students who use electronic cigarettes versus those who do not.

Characteristics Electronic Cigarette Use p-value

Non-Users
% (n)
Users
% (n)
Students 76.3 (396) 23.7 (123)
Demographics Characteristics
Male 40.2 (158) 71.3 (87) <0.01
Age (±SD), year 20 (±2) 21 (±3) 0.02
Medical/Health Science Students 15.3 (53) 14.3 (16) 0.79
Lifestyle Characteristics
Practicing Exercise 49.8 (197) 52.0 (64) 0.66
Eating Healthy Diet 39.9 (158) 24.4 (30) <0.01
Tobacco Smoking
 Never 86.3 (341) 49.6 (61) <0.01
 Former 5.8 (23) 19.5 (24)
 Current 7.9 (31) 30.9 (38)
Alcohol Abuse 0.8 (3) 2.4 (3) 0.13
Drug Abuse 0.8 (3) 4.1 (5) 0.01
Health Characteristics
Overweight (BMI >25) 31.6 (125) 43.9 (54) 0.01
Diabetes Mellitus 0.5 (2) 1.6 (2) 0.21
Hypertension 0.3 (1) 0 (0) 0.58
Anxiety 3.0 (12) 4.9 (6) 0.33
Depression 1.5 (6) 3.3 (4) 0.22
Irritable Bowel Syndrome 3.3 (13) 6.5 (8) 0.11