Table 6.
Comparison of Medications between Current Smokers and Non-smokers
| Current Smoker (n=48) Mean (SD) or N (%) |
Non-Smoker (n=45) Mean (SD) or N (%) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||
| Narcotic Use | 46 (95.8%) | 32 (71.1%) | 0.001 |
|
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| Morphine equivalents (mg/day) | 210.2 ± 161.2 | 155.6 ±148.6 | 0.12 |
|
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| Multivitamin use | 12 (25.0%) | 10 (22.2%) | 0.75 |
|
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| Insulin use | 6 (12.5%) | 6 (13.3%) | 0.9 |
|
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| Oral hypoglycemic use | 3 (6.3%) | 5 (11.1%) | 0.4 |
|
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| Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy | 46 (95.8%) | 33 (73.3%) | 0.002 |
| Lipase (units) | 135,000 ± 165,724 | 94,125 ± 44,017 | |
| Protease (units) | 300,894 ± 150,866 | 297,000 ± 139,957 | |
| Amylase (units) | 707,188 ± 149,800 | 473,125 ± 220,126 | |
|
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| Antidepressant use | 24 (50%) | 22 (48.9%) | 0.91 |
|
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| Osteoporosis | 2 (4.2%) | 0 (0%) | 0.16 |