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. 2017 Nov 13;7:15462. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15526-y

Table 5.

The UC levels of conscripts who self-reported their smoking behaviour and SHS exposurea.

Type of military services Self-reported Smoker Self-reported Nonsmoker P-valuec
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.