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Table 1 Characteristics of participants according to smoking status (N = 12,919)

From: Association between dual use of e-cigarette and cigarette and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an analysis of a nationwide representative sample from 2013 to 2018

 

Non-users (n = 6924)

Former smokers (n = 3282)

Current smokers (n = 2549)

Dual users (n = 164)

P-value

Population size

54,021,767

28,005,146

23,324,272

1,632,492

 

Men

19.2 (18.1–20.4)

93.6 (92.6–94.5)

89.8 (88.5–91.0)

95.0 (89.9–97.6)

 < 0.001

Age (years)

    

 < 0.001

40–49

38.2 (36.6–39.8)

28.8 (26.9–30.8)

46.2 (43.8–48.7)

68.9 (60.3–76.3)

 

50–59

31.8 (30.5–33.1)

32.0 (30.0–34.0)

35.1 (32.8–37.4)

24.3 (17.5–32.5)

 

60–69

19.7 (18.5–21.0)

22.8 (21.3–24.4)

13.0 (11.7–14.4)

3.2 (1.7–5.9)

 

 ≥ 70

10.2 (9.4–11.2)

16.4 (15.0–17.8)

5.7 (4.8–6.8)

3.6 (1.5–8.7)

 

Residence

    

0.031

Urban

85.1 (82.9–87.0)

83.7 (81.3–85.9)

82.4 (79.5–85.0)

86.9 (80.0–91.7)

 

Rural

14.9 (13.0–17.1)

16.3 (14.1–18.7)

17.6 (15.0–20.5)

13.1 (8.3–20.0)

 

Education

    

 < 0.001

Middle school or lower

32.3 (30.7–33.9)

26.1 (24.2–28.1)

21.0 (19.2–23.0)

14.9 (9.3–23.2)

 

High school

34.8 (33.3–36.3)

34.0 (32.0–36.1)

41.3 (39.1–43.7)

38.5 (30.1–47.7)

 

College or more

32.9 (31.2–34.7)

39.9 (37.6–42.3)

37.6 (35.2–40.2)

46.5 (37.8–55.5)

 

Household income

    

0.002

Lowest

13.9 (12.9–15.5)

14.8 (13.4–16.4)

13.5 (12.0–15.2)

6.1 (3.0–11.9)

 

Lower middle

23.4 (22.1–24.7)

23.1 (21.5–24.9)

25.0 (23.0–27.1)

27.4 (19.9–36.4)

 

Higher middle

27.6 (26.2–29.0)

27.1 (25.3–29.0)

30.7 (28.5–33.0)

34.1 (26.1–43.0)

 

Highest

35.1 (33.4–36.9)

34.9 (32.7–37.2)

30.7 (28.4–33.2)

32.4 (24.6–41.3)

 

High-risk drinkinga

    

 < 0.001

 < 1/week

87.7 (86.7–88.6)

61.1 (59.1–63.1)

50.1 (47.8–52.4)

49.4 (40.7–58.1)

 

 ≥ 1/week

12.3 (11.4–13.3)

38.9 (36.9–40.9)

49.9 (47.6–52.2)

50.6 (41.9–59.3)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

   

 < 0.001

 

 < 23

41.3 (39.8–42.7)

29.2 (27.5–31.0)

34.9 (32.7–37.1)

26.6 (19.6–35.0)

 

23–24.9

25.4 (24.2–26.6)

28.4 (26.7–30.2)

27.1 (25.0–29.3)

29.7 (22.6–38.0)

 

 ≥ 25

33.3 (32.0–34.7)

42.4 (40.4–44.4)

38.0 (35.8–40.3)

43.7 (35.0–52.8)

 

Urine cotinine (ng/mL)

17.0 (11.8–22.1)

44.5 (29.2–59.9)

1320.5 (1259.3–1381.7)

1617.9 (1391.8–1844.2)

 < 0.001

Urine NNAL (pg/mL)

4.4 (2.3–6.4)

5.1 (3.8–6.3)

190.9 (171.7–209.9)

187.3 (134.2–240.3)

 < 0.001

  1. Data are presented as weighted percentages with 95% confidence intervals for categorical variables, unless otherwise stated
  2. Comparisons of categorical variables from complex sample surveys were performed using the chi-squared test
  3. BMI, body mass index; NNAL, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol
  4. aHigh-risk drinking was defined as seven or more drinks for men and five or more drinks for women on one occasion