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Characteristics of the Sample Grouped According to Smoking Status
| Categorical Variablesa | Smoking Status, n (%) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never Smoker | Ever Smoker | ||
| Gender | <.001 | ||
| Female | 1574 (32.3) | 1177 (24.1) | |
| Male | 1059 (21.7) | 1068 (21.9) | |
| Ethnicity | <.001 | ||
| Black | 2237 (48.7) | 1544 (33.6) | |
| White | 243 (5.3) | 565 (12.3) | |
Percentages represent percentages within the total sample.
χ2 tests were used to examine differences.
