Table 3.

Tremor severity in smokers vs. non-smokers stratified by gender

	Men		Women
	Current Smokers N = 10	Current Non-smokers N = 94	Current Smokers N = 17	Current Non-smokers N = 151
Total tremor score	5.40 ± 2.88	4.39 ± 3.39	5.00 ± 3.24***	2.81 ± 2.34
Tremor score in dominant hand	2.20 ± 1.93	1.98 ± 1.73	2.18 ± 1.74***	1.06 ± 1.28
Tremor score in nondominant hand	3.20 ± 1.40*	2.41 ± 1.87	2.82 ± 1.81**	1.77 ± 1.40
Dominant Hand Activity
Postural tremor	0.10 ± 0.32	0.11 ± 0.31	0.12 ± 0.33	0.04 ± 0.20
Pouring	0.30 ± 0.48	0.20 ± 0.40	0.24 ± 0.44	0.11 ± 0.34
Drinking	0.20 ± 0.42	0.39 ± 0.49	0.35 ± 0.49	0.23 ± 0.42
Using a spoon	0.60 ± 0.52	0.46 ± 0.54	0.53 ± 0.51***	0.25 ± 0.51
Finger-nose-finger	0.60 ± 0.52	0.59 ± 0.54	0.76 ± 0.56***	0.40 ± 0.49
Drawing a spiral	0.40 ± 0.52	0.23 ± 0.42	0.18 ± 0.39**	0.05 ± 0.23
Groove Type Steadiness Tester	3.80 ± 3.19	8.00 ± 9.18	9.76 ± 10.36	6.92 ± 7.45
Nine Hole Steadiness Tester	44.30 ± 58.17	38.80 ± 37.45	87.63 ± 130.33***	33.64 ± 39.11

^*p < 0.10

^**p < 0.05

^***p < 0.01

^****p < 0.001 (Mann Whitney U test).

Values are means ± SD.