Table 3.
Carbohydrate Intake, Smoking and Presence of Other Chronic Medical Illness Among the Study Participants
| Frequency | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbohydrate consumption | Yes | 273 | 74.2 |
| No | 95 | 25.8 | |
| Type of carbohydrate taken | Candy | 24 | 8.8 |
| Soft beverages | 78 | 28.6 | |
| Chewing gum | 33 | 12.1 | |
| Tea | 112 | 41.0 | |
| Others | 26 | 9.5 | |
| Smoking habits | Yes | 23 | 8.4 |
| No | 337 | 91.6 | |
| Frequency of smoking | Sometimes | 12 | 52.2 |
| Once/day | 4 | 17.4 | |
| 3 times/day | 4 | 17.4 | |
| >3 times/day | 3 | 13.0 | |
| Diabetic mellitus patient | Yes | 22 | 5.9 |
| No | 346 | 94.1 | |
| History of hypertension | Yes | 11 | 3.0 |
| No | 357 | 97.0 | |