Examining the association between opium use, cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption with the liver enzyme levels in a population-based study: Fasa Persian cohort data

Table 2 The association between demographic variables, cigarette Smoking, opium use, alcohol consumption, and liver enzymes

Variable		AST	P value	ALT	P value	ALP	P value
Gender	Male	23.80 ± 9.09	< 0.001^a	25.92 ± 16.63	< 0.001^a	210.98 ± 68.23	0.087^a
Gender	Female	21.55 ± 7.83	< 0.001^a	21.40 ± 11.91	< 0.001^a	208.52 ± 74.28	0.087^a
Marital status	Single	22.00 ± 6.87	0.001^b	22.49 ± 14.40	< 0.001^b	197.87 ± 59.17	< 0.001^b
	Married	22.65 ± 8.59		23.64 ± 14.59		209.01 ± 72.27
	Widow/widower	22.19 ± 8.39		22.01 ± 12.13		229.36 ± 68.14
	Divorced	19.59 ± 4.74		18.16 ± 9.29		183.84 ± 48.26
Smoking	No	22.51 ± 8.09	0.002^a	23.60 ± 14.03	< 0.001^a	208.07 ± 72.98	< 0.001^a
Smoking	Yes	22.79 ± 10.02	0.002^a	22.78 ± 15.95	< 0.001^a	216.19 ± 65.20	< 0.001^a
Inhaled opium	No	22.35 ± 8.25	0.290^a	23.30 ± 13.65	0.010^a	209.37 ± 71.61	0.005^a
Inhaled opium	Yes	23.35 ± 9.31	0.290^a	23.94 ± 16.87	0.010^a	210.59 ± 71.66	0.005^a
Alcohol consumption	No	22.53 ± 8.41	< 0.001^a	23.36 ± 14.18	< 0.001^a	209.69 ± 71.99	0.016^a
Alcohol consumption	Yes	24.42 ± 11.97	< 0.001^a	27.33 ± 22.51	< 0.001^a	206.68 ± 50.66	0.016^a
Oral opium	No	22.56 ± 8.50	0.514^a	23.45 ± 14.42	0.834^a	209.43 ± 71.57	0.110^a
Oral opium	Yes	23.57 ± 7.95	0.514^a	22.53 ± 12.94	0.834^a	233.88 ± 73.53	0.110^a

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