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. 2015 Jan 29;27(2):99–104. doi: 10.1016/j.sdentj.2014.11.004

Table 2.

Smoking-related health risks as reported by the participants.

All
GDPs
Dental students
Mann–Whitney U test
n % n % n % Significance
Oral cancer 303 88.59 107 82.30 196 92.45 0.005
Lung cancer 320 93.56 111 85.38 208 98.11 <0.001
Heart attack 277 80.99 105 80.76 172 81.13 0.933
Preterm birth 232 67.83 78 60.00 154 72.64 0.015
Gastric cancer 129 37.71 40 30.76 89 41.98 0.038
Periodontal diseases 238 69.59 90 69.23 148 69.81 0.909
Hypertension 216 63.15 71 54.61 145 68.39 0.010
Arteriosclerosis 284 83.04 108 83.07 176 83.01 0.988