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. 2014 Sep 9;9(9):e107451. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107451

Table 3. Prevalence of tobacco smoking among the various groups of HIV-infected women.

French-natives SSA migrants Other migrants IDU p-value**
%* [95% CI] %* [95% CI] %* [95% CI] %* [95% CI]
Overall
Smoking status
Regular smokers 32.0 [26.0,38.1] 4.6 [2.0,7.3] 12.1 [2.9,21.3] 71.9 [57.9,85.8] <0.001
Occasional smokers 9.2 [4.8,13.6] 3.3 [1.5,5.0] 5.3 [–2.0,12.7] 8.0 [–0.2,16.2]
Past smokers 28.0 [22.1,33.9] 4.0 [1.6,6.5] 15.2 [5.9,24.4] 18.1 [6.8,29.4]
Never smokers 30.7 [24.7,36.8] 88.1 [84.2,91.9] 67.4 [54.8,80.0] 2.0 [–0.1,4.2]
Among regular smokers
Heavy smoking 55.5 [44.5,66.5] 34.1 [3.0,65.1] 55.8 [15.9,95.7] 64.2 [52.3,76.1] 0.25
Strong nicotine dependence 46.7 [35.1,58.3] 36.9 [10.3,63.5] 67.6 [33.0,102.2] 59.6 [47.1,72.2] 0.22
Among ever smokers
Ex-smokers 40.5 [32.5,48.5] 33.9 [17.6,50.2] 46.5 [21.6,71.4] 18.5 [7.0,30.0] 0.02

*Weighted percentages.

**χ2 test of comparison across the various groups of HIV-infected women.

SSA: Sub-Saharan African, IDU: Intravenous drug users.

CI: Confidence Interval.