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Table 1 Socio-demographic and smoking characteristics of the older adults in Uberaba, Brazil

From: Differences in quality of life among older adults in Brazil according to smoking status and nicotine dependence

Variables

Smoker

Past smoker

Never smoker

Total

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Sex

 Male

53

15.2

188

53.9

108

30.9

349

35.6

 Female

69

10.9

132

20.9

430

68.1

631

64.4

Age group

 60 to 69 years

56

19.8

77

27.2

150

53.0

283

28.9

 70 to 79 years

47

9.6

170

34.7

273

55.7

490

50.0

 80 years or more

19

9.2

73

35.3

115

55.6

207

21.1

Education (years of schooling)

 Illiterate

32

15.1

68

32.1

112

52.8

212

21.7

 1 to 4 years

63

11.5

193

35.2

293

53.4

549

56.1

 5 or more

27

12.4

58

26.6

133

61.0

218

22.3

Health conditions

 0–4

56

14.1

137

34.5

204

51.4

397

40.6

 5 or more

66

11.3

183

31.4

333

57.2

582

59.5

Nicotine dependence

 Very low/Low

69

56.6

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Medium

24

19.7

–

–

–

–

–

–

 High/Very high

29

23.8

–

–

–

–

–

–

Cigarette consumption

 Cigarettes / day

122

12.7, 10.7

320

18.5, 15.4

–

–

–

–

 Time of exposure to tobacco (in years)

122

49.5, 15.0

320

27.8, 16.8

–

–

–

–

 Time since stopped smoking (in years)

–

–

320

24.0 14.71

–

–

–

–