Table 1.
The demographic characteristics and micronucleus assay of the waterpipe smokers (n=30) and non-smokers (n=30)
| Waterpipe | Smoker | Non | Smoker | Sig (two-tailed) T-test |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Number | Mean± SD | Number | Mean± SD | |
| Age | |||||
| 20-30 31-40 41-50 |
25 5 0 |
25.5±2.3 33.2±15.2 0 |
23 5 2 |
23.7±2.7 37.1±3.37 44±1.4 |
P=0.46 |
| Time duration of smoking* | |||||
| 0-200 201-400 401-600 |
11 15 4 |
118±33.4 260±48.1 555±52.5 |
0 0 0 |
0 0 0 |
|
| MN**count per subject | |||||
| 0-10 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 7.5±1.31 | P=0 |
| 11-20 | 10 | 14.8±5.35 | 17 | 15.4±2.85 | |
| 21-30 | 10 | 25.5±3.95 | 1 | 21 | |
| 31-40 | 7 | 38±1.67 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41-50 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mean per subjectMN | |||||
| 0-1.5 | 5 | 1.35±0.08 | 13 | 1.37±0.10 | P=0 |
| 1.6-2 | 12 | 1.7±0.15 | 12 | 1.75±0.13 | |
| 2.1-2.5 | 10 | 2.19±0.14 | 5 | 2.28±0.20 | |
| 2.6-3 | 3 | 2.6±0.06 | 0 | 0 |
* Number of smoking per year
**MN: Micronucleus