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Gender, ethnicity, age and smoking habit distribution in the patients and control subjects.
| Controls (n=30) |
Patients (n=174) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Gender: | ||
| Male | 43.3 % | 31.7 % |
| Female | 56.7 % | 68.3 % |
| Race* (%) | ||
| White | 70.0% | 43.4% |
| African-American | 26.7% | 46.3% |
| Other/Mixed | 3.3% | 10.3% |
| Ethnicity-Hispanic | 3.4 % | 5.7 % |
| Age (years) | 44.5 ± 9.5 | 38.6 ± 9.6 |
| Cigarette smoker | 73.3 % | 79.2 % |
p < 0.05 between control and patients
