. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 18.

Published in final edited form as: Indian J Cancer. 2014 Dec;51(0 1):S83–S87. doi: 10.4103/0019-509X.147479

Table 3.

State-specific brands of bidis

Brands	Overall		Madhya Pradesh		West Bengal		Maharashtra
Brands	PPU¹ X̄^a (LB^b-UB^c)	CPD² X̄^a (LB^b-UB^c)	PPU¹ X̄^a (LB^b-UB^c)	CPD² X̄^a (LB^b-UB^c)	PPU¹ X̄^a (LB^b-UB^c)	CPD² X̄^a (LB^b-UB^c)	PPU¹ X̄^a (LB^b-UB^c)	CPD² X̄^a (LB^b-UB^c)
Bidi smokers (N=336)
Overall	N=336		n=179		n=96		n=61
Overall	0.39 (0.36-0.43)	14 (13-15)	0.41 (0.39-0.44)	15 (14-17)	0.33 (0.24-0.43)	12 (11-14)	0.43 (0.31-0.55)	15 (12-18)
Brand- wise
1. Brand F	N=145		n=144		n=0		n=1
1. Brand F	0.42 (0.39-0.46)	15 (14-17)	0.42 (0.39-0.42)	15 (14-17)	-	-	^†	^†
2. Brand G	N=27		n=0		n=27		n=0
2. Brand G	0.22 (0.21-0.23)	13 (10-17)	-	-	0.22 (0.21-0.23)	13 (10-17)	-	-
3. Brand H	N=21		n=0		n=0		n=21
3. Brand H	0.48 (0.25-0.71)	12 (8-16)	-	-	-	-	0.48 (0.25-0.71)	12 (8-16)
4. Remaining Brands	N=143		n=35		n=69		n=39
4. Remaining Brands	0.38 (0.31-0.45)	14 (12-15)	0.44 (0.34-0.54)	15 (12-18)	0.38 (0.24-0.52)	12 (10-13)	0.34 (0.30-0.39)	17 (12-21)

PPU= Price Per Unit in Rs.

CPD= Consumption Per Day in no. of sticks

X̄= Mean

LB= Lower Bound

UB= Upper Bound

^†

Results not reported as n<10.