Table 3.
Habits according to frequency among the study and control group participants
| Frequency | Tobacco chewing | Tobacco smoking | Paan Masala | Paan Masala + Tobacco | Mixed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study Group (n=3735) | Control Group (n=9060) | Study Group (n=3735) | Control Group (n=9060) | Study Group (n=3735) | Control Group (n=9060) | Study Group (n=3735) | Control Group (n=9060) | Study Group (n=3735) | Control Group (n=9060) | |
| 1 to 5 times a day | 370 (9.91) | 485 (5.36) | 20 (0.53) | 1420 (15.68) | 245 (6.57) | 860 (9.50) | 805 (21.57) | 837 (9.26) | 35 (0.94) | 160 (1.76) |
| 5 to 10 times a day | 190 (5.09) | 870 (9.6) | 55 (1.47) | 1170 (12.80) | 360 (9.63) | 455 (5.02) | 450 (12.04) | 1190 (13.13) | 0 (0) | 105 (1.17) |
| > 10 times/day | 110 (2.94) | 575 (6.34) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1095 (29.31) | 943 (10.40) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| No such habit reported | 3065 (82.06) | 7130 (78.70) | 3660 (98) | 6480 (71.52) | 3130 (83.80) | 7745 (85.48) | 1385 (37.08) | 6090 (67.21) | 3700 (99.06) | 8795 (97.07) |
| χ2 | 208.290 | 129.885 | 56.069 | 321.473 | 56.286 | |||||
| p | <0.001* S | <0.001* S | <0.001* S | <0.001* S | 0.072 | |||||
χ2- Chi-Square test, *Statistically significant- P≤0.05