TABLE 3.

Evaluation of the effects of smoking cessation treatment type on weight gain

Weight	NRT Mean±SD	Pharmacotherapy (Varenicline) Mean±SD	p
First weight	69.75±15.07	75.37±13.34	1a0.13
Last weight	75.56±16.34	79.63±13.24	1a0.28
Weight change	5.81±3.67	4.54±2.37	1b0.26
First-Last p-value2a	<0.001*	<0.001*

NRT: Nicotine Replacement Therapy; SD: Standard deviation;

^1aStudent t-test;

^1bMann-Whitney U test;

^2aPaired samples t-test;

^*p<0.05.