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. 2022 Jul 19;14(7):e27016. doi: 10.7759/cureus.27016

Table 2. Prevalence of substance abuse amongst respondents with Cardiovascular Disorders.

#Column percentage comparison from SAS output

  Cardiovascular Disorder n= 20821 (7.90%) # No-Cardiovascular Disorder n= 242644 (92.10%) # Total n=263465 (100%) p - value
Methamphetamine/Cocaine/Heroin (%) 2304 (23.82) 31914 (16.71) 34218 (17.05) < .0001
Alcohol use disorders (%) 3427 (31.01) 76207 (48.07) 79634 (46.96) < .0001
Marijuana or hashish (%) 2673 (65.42) 79458 (52.81) 82131 (53.14) < .0001
Injectable illegal drug use (%)  452 (4.67)  4647 (2.43)  5099 (2.54) < .0001
Cigar smoking (%) 6620 (47.05) 55688 (35.58) 62308 (36.53) < .0001
Smokeless tobacco (%) 2607 (18.53) 22835 (14.59) 25442 (14.91) < .0001
E-cigarette (%) 2177 (15.47) 26731 (17.08) 28908 (16.95) < .0001
Cigarette smoking (%) 12591 (60.47) 98044 (40.41) 110635 (41.99) < .0001
Cigarette Filter type - No (%) 81 (2.28) 405 (1.10) 486 (1.21) < .0001
Cigarette Filter type - Yes (%) 3476 (97.72) 36320 (98.90) 39796 (98.79) < .0001
Number of  cigarettes smoked per day 10 (5-20) 8 (4-15)   < .0001