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Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2007 Jun 9;32(12):2953–2962. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.06.012

Table 3.

Descriptive Statistics for Continuous Variables among 256 Males in a Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Study

Variable	Mean ± SD	Correlation with Cotinine

Age^***
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale^*	34.1 ± 11.1	0.36
	9.9 ± 7.8	−0.14
Perceived Stress Scale^*	20.6 ± 8.3	−0.15
Decisional Balance (Cons of tobacco – Pros of tobacco)^*	0.3 ± 8.7	−0.13
Tobacco Dependence Score^***	5.3 ± 1.5	0.31

Snuff Only Users (n=190)
Snuff consumption	4.6 ± 3.3 cans per week	0.10
Time each dip is in mouth	70 ± 67 minutes	0.12

p < 0.05 from the Spearman Rank Correlation coefficient test

^***

p < 0.001 from the Spearman Rank Correlation coefficient test