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. 2017 Oct 20;7(10):e618. doi: 10.1038/bcj.2017.97

Table 2. Prevalence of MGUS by smoking status.

Race No. of persons with MGUSa Smoking status Prevalence of MGUS (%) Lower limit of 95% CI Upper limit of 95% CI
All persons 20 Never 0.22 0.11 0.43
  14 Former 0.76 0.33 1.76
  28 Current 0.51 0.24 1.13
Whites 3 Never 0.18 0.056 0.58
  5 Former 0.75 0.27 2.07
  1 Current 0.08 0.01 0.62
Blacks 11 Never 0.53 0.29 0.96
  3 Former 1.10 0.33 3.61
  20 Current 2.16 1.38 3.37
Mexican-American 5 Never 0.23 0.08 0.67
  6 Former 1.24 0.51 3.00
  5 Current 0.76 0.30 1.92

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MGUS, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance.

a

Because of missing smoking data there are 62 persons with MGUS in this table.