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. 2014 Jan 21;10:2. doi: 10.1186/1744-9081-10-2

Table 1.

Characteristics, smoking behaviors and distribution of genotypes by smoking status

Characteristics Current smokers (n = 138) Ex-smokers (n = 146) P value c
Age (years) a
56.4 ± 14.8
68.5 ± 8.3
<0.05
Education b
 
 
 
< 9 years
49 (35.5)
51 (34.9)
0.92
≥ 9 years
89 (64.5)
95 (65.1)
 
Disease history b
 
 
 
Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
81 (58.7)
91 (62.3)
0.15
Respiratory diseases
38 (27.5)
45 (30.8)
 
Diabetes mellitus
19 (13.8)
10 (6.8)
 
Smoking behaviors a
 
 
 
Age of smoking initiation (years)
23.6 ± 8.0
28.3 ± 10.8
<0.05
Daily cigarette consumption (per day)
22.3 ± 11.9
19.9 ± 9.9
0.06
Smoking years (years)
32.9 ± 14.3
31.7 ± 12.3
0.46
Genotype b
 
 
 
rs1799971 d
 
 
 
AA
64 (46.7)
72 (49.3)
0.54
AG
62 (45.3)
58 (39.7)
 
GG
11 (8.0)
16 (11.0)
 
rs1045280
 
 
 
CC
2 (1.4)
2 (1.4)
0.99
CT
39 (28.3)
41 (28.1)
 
TT
97 (70.3)
103 (70.5)
 
rs2036657
 
 
 
AA
98 (71.0)
103 (70.5)
0.93
AG
38 (27.5)
40 (27.4)
 
GG
2 (1.4)
3 (2.1)
 
rs3786047 d
 
 
 
AA
1 (0.7)
2 (1.4)
0.87
AG
38 (27.5)
41 (28.1)
 
GG
98 (71.0)
103 (70.5)
 
rs3852209
 
 
 
CC
79 (57.2)
99 (67.8)
0.11
CT
53 (38.4)
39 (26.7)
 
TT
6 (4.3)
8 (5.5)
 
rs2278060
 
 
 
AA
77 (55.8)
94 (64.4)
0.28
AC
54 (39.1)
44 (30.1)
 
CC 7 (5.1) 8 (5.5)  

aValues are means ± SD.

bValues are n (%). cP value from chi-square and t tests.

dGenetic material for genotyping was available for 283 of the subjects.