Table 1.
Characteristics of smokers and nonsmokers.
Smoker |
Nonsmoker |
p | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
T | C | T | C | ||
Number | 48 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 0.423 |
Age | 37.98±7.50 | 38.21±7.07 | 38.04±8.07 | 37.57±8.75 | 0.995 |
Education | 13.77±2.89 | 13.42±2.84 | 15.12±4.16 | 15.58±5.58 | 0.123 |
Smoking initiation | 20.42±4.60 | 19.88±3.46 | -- | -- | 0.571 |
Smoking years | 17.56±7.12 | 18.33±7.83 | -- | -- | 0.647 |
Cigarettes/day | 23.46±10.47 | 23.58±11.18 | -- | -- | 0.962 |
Pack years | 20.86±13.75 | 22.69±17.10 | -- | -- | 0.596 |
FTND | 5.29±2.32 | 4.65±2.04 | -- | -- | 0.205 |
FD | 0.24±0.12 | 0.22±0.11 | 0.21±0.07 | 0.19±0.09 | 0.323 |
Pack-years=cigarettes/day*smoking years/20; FD: framewise displacement (before scrubbing); FTND: Fagerström Test for Nicotine