Table 5. - Distribution of the patients with head and neck cancer by smoking history and by the variables time to smoke the first cigarette of the day, disease stage, and smoking cessation.
Variable | Category | Smoking history, pack-years | Total | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤ 40 | > 40 | ||||
Time to smoke the first cigarette of the day | Within 30 min of awakening | 13 (23.6%) | 42 (76.4%) | 55 (100%) | 0.270** |
After 30 min of awakening | 6 (37.5%) | 10 (62.5%) | 16 (100%) | ||
Disease stage | Early | 9 (42.9%) | 12 (57.1%) | 21 (100%) | 0.047** |
Advanced | 10 (20.0%) | 40 (80.0%) | 50 (100%) | ||
Smoking cessation | Yes | 17 (27.0%) | 46 (73.0%) | 63 (100%) | 0.960* |
No | 2 (25.0%) | 6 (75.0%) | 8 (100%) |
Fisher's exact test