Table 5.
Type of military services | Self-reported Smoker | Self-reported Nonsmoker | P-valuec | ||||||
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Total | SHS Exposure | SHS Unexposed | P-valueb | Total | SHS Exposure | SHS Unexposed | P-valueb | ||
Overall | 407.2 | 408.8 | 399.6 | 0.318 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.874 | <0.001 |
Military service conscript | 418.9 | 424.7 | 418.9 | 0.700 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 0.023 | <0.001 |
Basic military training conscript | 396.5 | 407.2 | 306.9 | 0.063 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 0.215 | <0.001 |
aMedian level of urinary cotinine ng/mL; b p-value was examined by the Mann-Whitney U test; ccompared self-reported smoker and nonsmoker by the Mann-Whitney U test; SHS = second-hand smoke.