Table 2.
Characteristics by treatment group of patients treated in seven smoking cessation centers in north-central Italy, 2015–2021 (N=871)
| Characteristics | Cytisine (N=543) Mean (SD) | Varenicline (N=281) Mean (SD) | NRT (N=47) Mean (SD) | Cytisine vs Varenicline p* | Cytisine vs NRT p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 52.5 (11.8) | 54.4 (11.5) | 54.1 (13.8) | 0.0274 | 0.3796 |
| Sex (female), % | 50.2 | 53.4 | 51.4 | 0.4403 | 0.9614 |
| Cigarettes/day | 21.2 (8.8) | 22.0 (11.1) | 16.1 (10.1) | 0.2594 | <0.01 |
| Exhaled CO (ppm) | 21.9 (9.4) | 20.6 (8.3) | 20.2 (5.0) | 0.0507 | 0.2213 |
| FTND score | 6.0 (1.8) | 5.7 (2.0) | 4.7 (2.5) | 0.0294 | <0.01 |
| Abstinence (yes), % | 50.5 | 55.9 | 51.0 | <0.01 | 0.5597 |
FTND: Fagerström test for nicotine dependence.
*
χ2 test and t-test according to type of variable; in bold statistically significant p-values.