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 | – | – | – | – |