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. 2017 Aug 28;18(1):465. doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v18i1.465

TABLE 1.

History of smoking and use of snuff.

Variable Sample Rural
Urban
HIV-positive
HIV-negative
p HIV-positive
HIV-negative
p
n % n % n % n %
History of smoking RHP 88, RHN 452; UHP 164, UHN 244 - - - - - - - - - -
 Never smoked - 35 39.8 190 42.0 - 113 68.9 162 66.4 -
 Currently smoke - 36 40.9 179 39.6 0.81 39 23.8 52 21.3 0.55
 Formerly smoked - 17 19.3 83 18.4 - 12 7.3 30 12.3 -
History of use of snuff RHP 87, RHN 449; UHP 164, UHN 244 - - - - - - - - - -
 Never used snuff - 68 78.2 346 77.1 - 111 67.7 170 69.7 -
 Currently use snuff - 15 17.2 79 17.6 0.93 41 25.0 62 25.4 0.92
 Formerly used snuff - 4 4.6 24 5.4 - 12 7.3 12 4.9 -

, p-value for difference between HIV-positive and HIV-negative rural participants using chi-squared or Fischer’s exact test, as appropriate;

, p-value for difference between HIV-positive and HIV-negative urban participants using chi-squared or Fischer’s exact test, as appropriate.

RHP, rural, HIV-positive; RHN, rural, HIV-negative; UHP, urban, HIV-positive; UHN, urban, HIV-negative.