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. 2021 Dec 15;21:640. doi: 10.1186/s12903-021-01998-y

Table 2.

The examined socioeconomic risk factors and lifestyle habits in the case and the control groups are shown. p Value was calculated by chi-square tests. The ‘bold’ p values show significant differences

Case Control p value
Age (%) Above 50 87 37 0.00
Below 50 13 63
Sex (%) Male 66 48 0.01
Female 33 52
Marital status (%) Single 14 45 0.00
Married 49 39
Widow(er) 18 4
Divorced 19 12
Occupation (%) Currently working 43 63 0.00
Unemployed 4 4
Housewife/homemaker 2 1
Retired 49 20
Disabled 2 5
Student 0 7
Education (%) Elementary school 23 11 0.03
Secondary school 62 63
High school 15 26
Income (%) Good 22 24 0.15
Proper 58 66
Low 20 10
Smoking habit (%) Current smoker 47 43 0.16
Has not smoked for Less than a year 13 8
Has not smoked for More than a year 22 18
Never 18 31
Passive smoking (%) At home 66 63 0.73
Outside of home 60 58 0.88
Alcohol consumption (%) Daily 18 6 0.03
Weekly 24 19
Monthly 13 24
Never 45 51