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Table 6 Relationship between smoking status and spirometry pattern

From: Respiratory symptoms and lung function among inmates in a Nigerian prison: a cross sectional study

Gender

Smoking status

Spirometry pattern

p value*

Mixed

n (%)

Obstructive

n (%)

Restrictive

n (%)

Normal

n (%)

Male

Current smoker

1 (0.9)

11 (9.8)

11 (9.8)

89 (79.5)

0.744

Former

0 (0)

2 (14.3)

1 (7.1)

11(78.6)

None smoker

1 (2.9)

2 (5.7)

6 (17.1)

26 (74.3)

Female

Current smoker

0 (0)

1 (33.3)

1 (33.3)

1 (33.3)

0.801

Former

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

None smoker

0 (0)

2 (22.2)

2 (22.2)

5 (55.6)

All participants

Current smoker

1 (0.9)

12 (10.4)

12 (10.4)

90 (78.3)

 

Former smoker

0 (0)

2 (14.3)

1 (7.1)

11 (78.6)

0.790

None smoker

1 (2.3)

4 (9.0)

8 (18.2)

31 (70.5)

 
  1. *Fischer’s exact test