Table 3.
Age, BMI and smoking status among cohort subset.
| vRNA− | vRNA+ | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (range) | 41 (17–76) (n = 454)  | 
41 (16–72) (n = 91)  | 
0.7645† | 
| BMI, mean (range) | 28.7 (17.8–46.6) (n = 190)  | 
28.2 (20.8–43.0) (n = 51)  | 
0.3265† | 
| Current smokers | 21.2% (40/190) | 16.3% (8/49) | 0.5516‡ | 
| Former smokers* | 20.0% (28/190) | 24.5% (12/49) | 0.1315‡ | 
| Marijuana smokers | 5.3% (10/188) | 6.1% (3/49) | 0.7348‡ | 
| Tobacco-based vape product users | 6.3% (12/189) | 4.2% (2/48) | 0.7412‡ | 
Former smoker refers to those who answered ‘Yes’ to ‘are you a former smoker’ and ‘No’ to ‘Do you currently smoke cigarettes’.
T-test,
Fisher’s Exact Test