Table 3.

Effect of various characteristics of the studied groups with respect to the comet assay results (P value shown). Smokers: individuals who smoke at least 5 cigarettes/day. Drinkers: individuals who consume at least 45 g of alcohol/day. Sex, smoking, and drinking were analyzed with the general linear model. Age and exposure years were evaluated with the Pearson's correlation test.

Group	Sex	Smoking	Drinking	Age	Exposure years
Controls	0.756	0.140	0.421	0.226	—
Vendors	0.414	0.001	0.013	0.948	—
Floriculturists	0.292	0.637	0.108	0.976	0.238