Table 1.
Socio-demographic variables
| Patients | Mothers | Fathers | ||
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| CF Patients per family | ||||
| Only one | 74 | |||
| Two siblings | 7 | |||
| Three siblings | 3 | |||
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| Sex | ||||
| Male | 55 (56.7%) | |||
| Female | 42 (43.3%) | |||
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| Age (mean) | 18.66 (16.22-21.10) | 46.87 (44.27-49.47) | 48.53 (45.94-51.12) | |
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| Number of smoked cigarettes/week (mean) | 45.25 (13.07-77.43) | 89.66 (54.87-124.46) | 138.15 (98.53-177.77) | |
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| Pack/years (mean) | 6.71 (1.30-12.12) | 10.28 (5.47-15.09) | 29.88 (20.82-38.93) | |
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| Smoker (2008) | ||||
| Yes | 8 (8.2%) | 21 (21.6%)* | 24 (26.1%)* | |
| No | 89 (91.8%) | 76 (78.4%) | 68 (73.9%) | |
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| Smokers in the home | ||||
| None | 65 (67.0%) | |||
| Only patient smokes | 5 (5.2%) | |||
| Patient and others smoke | 3 (3.1%) | |||
| Only others smoke | 24 (24.7%) | |||
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| Cotinine Level (ng/ml) | ||||
| <10 | 35 (50.7%) | 20 (38.5%) | 10 (23.3%) | |
| 10 – 50 | 25 (36.2%) | 16 (30.8%) | 16 (37.2%) | |
| 51 – 200 | 2 (2.9%) | 4 (7.7%) | 7 (16.3%) | |
| 201 – 400 | 2 (2.9%) | 1 (1.9%) | 1 (2.3%) | |
| > 400 | 5 (7.2%) | 11 (21.2%) | 9 (20.9%) | |
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| Level of Education | ||||
| None | 32 (36.0%) | 16 (19.0%) | 16 (19.3%) | |
| Primary | 34 (38.2%) | 39 (46.5%) | 33 (39.7%) | |
| Secondary | 10 (11.2%) | 19 (22.6%) | 16 (19.3%) | |
| University Studies Initiated | 13 (14.6%) | 10 (11.9%) | 18 (21.7%) | |
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| family’s monthly net income (€) | ||||
| <800 € | 11 (15.1%) | |||
| 800-1500 € | 24 (32.9 %) | |||
| 1500-2000 € | 16 (21.9%) | |||
| 2000-2500 € | 10 (13.7%) | |||
| 2500-3500€ | 11 (15.1%) | |||
| >3500 € | 1 (1.4%) | |||
*
Only 19 mothers and 17 fathers are smokers living with patients at home.