Table 2 Smoking status of participants according to gender
Variable | Male N (%) | Female N (%) | Total N (%) | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Type of Smoking: | <0.005 | |||
Cigarettes | 18 (22) | 1 (2.3) | 19 (15.1) | |
Waterpipe | 30 (36.6) | 39 (88.6) | 69 (54.8) | |
Both cigarettes and waterpipe | 34 (41.5) | 4 (9.1) | 38 (30.2) | |
Number of waterpipe Smoking sessions | .033 | |||
Once/week | 24 (37.5) | 26 (60.5) | 50 (46.7) | |
Twice/week | 14 (21.9) | 9 (20.9) | 23 (21.5) | |
>2 times/week | 26 (40.6) | 8 (18.6) | 34 (31.8) | |
Number of years of waterpipe smoking (mean ± SD) | 4.43 (2.3) | 2.95 (1.7) | 3.84 (2.2) | 0.005 |
Number of cigarettes smoked | 0.111 | |||
≤10 Cigarettes/Day | 10 (19.6) | 3 (60.0) | 13 (23.2) | |
10-20 Cigarettes/Day | 34 (66.7) | 2 (40.0) | 36 (64.3) | |
>20 Cigarettes/Day | 7 (13.7) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (12.5) | |
Number of years of cigarettes smoking (mean ± SD) | 4.98 (3.1) | 2.8 (0.8) | 4.79 (3.0) | <0.005 |