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. 2008 Jul 3;116(11):1558–1562. doi: 10.1289/ehp.11425

Table 1.

Comparison of demographic and health behavior factors between subjects with or without CAL ≥ 4 mm in any site and with or without PD ≥ 4 mm in any site.

CAL
PD
Demographic/health factor Absence Presence p-Value Absence Presence p-Value
No. of subjects 945 298 1,038 205
 Age (years) 41.6 ± 16.6 57.8 ± 14.9 < 0.01 45.0 ± 17.8 47.9 ± 16.5 0.03
 Poverty income ratio 2.7 ± 1.6 2.3 ± 1.5 < 0.01 2.7 ± 1.6 2.2 ± 1.4 < 0.01
 BMI (kg/m2) 28.3 ± 6.2 28.1 ± 5.7 0.60 28.2 ± 6.1 28.4 ± 6.0 0.76
 Serum cotinine (ng/mL) 38.1 ± 94.7 61.0 ± 114.8 < 0.01 39.6 ± 93.8 64.1 ± 126.5 < 0.01
Proportion (%)
 Male 40.7 60.4 < 0.01 43.0 58.1 < 0.01
 White 45.2 46.0 0.81 49.1 26.3 < 0.01
 Smoker 14.5 22.8 < 0.01 15.3 22.4 0.01

Values are mean ± SD except where indicated.