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. 2023 Oct 20;21:136. doi: 10.18332/tid/171551

Table 2.

Tobacco smoking prevalence and frequency among patients with TB and PLHIV in Jordan, 2021

Patients with TB (N=452) PLHIV (N=152)
n (%) 95% CI n (%) 95% CI pa
Current tobacco use
Overall 198 (43.8) 39.2–48.5 103 (67.8) 59.6–75.0 <0.001
Current cigarette-only use
Overall 164 (36.3) 31.9–40.9 85 (55.9) 47.7–63.9 <0.001
Daily use 115 (25.4) 21.5–29.8 64 (42.1) 34.2–50.4 <0.001
Occasional use 49 (10.8) 8.2–14.2 21 (13.8) 8.9–20.6 0.398
Current waterpipe-only use
Overall 71 (15.7) 12.5–19.5 36 (23.7) 17.3–31.4 0.035
Daily use 9 (2.0) 1.0–3.9 8 (5.3) 2.5–10.5 0.068
Occasional use 62 (13.7) 10.8–17.3 28 (18.4) 12.8–25.7 0.201
Current dual use
Overall 37 (8.2) 5.9–11.2 18 (11.8) 7.4–18.3 0.233
Daily use 4 (0.9) 0.3–2.4 3 (2.0) 0.5–6.1 0.517
Occasional use 33 (7.3) 5.2–10.2 15 (9.9) 5.8–16.0 0.401
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Chi-squared test.