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. 2012 Jan 11;7(1):e30013. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030013

Table 1. Demographics of study subjects.

Category TRC inside UADT (n = 113) (%) TRC outside UADT (n = 17) (%) None TRC (n = 21) (%) Cancer free controls (n = 210) (%)
Males 75 (66) 3 (18) 6 (29) 137 (65)
Females 38 (34) 14 (82) 15 (71) 73 (34)
Age(years)
Median 50 50 44 46
Range 26–75 31–70 23–79 20–84
Types of MPN
Synchronous 33 (29) 3 (18) 3 (14) NA
Metachronous 80 (71) 14 (82) 18 (86) NA
Tobacco Habit
No habit 15 (13) 8 (47) 11 (52) 21 (10)
Only T 70 (62) 8 (47) 8 (38) 160 (76)
T+A 25 (22) 1 (6) 1 (5) 27 (13)
No information 3 (3) 0 1 (5) 2 (1)

T- Tobacco habit alone either in form of chewing or smoking.

T+A – Tobacco in form of chewing or smoking along with alcohol.

48.6% cases and 61.4% controls used smokeless tobacco in form of masheri.