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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of 566 cancer survivors who regularly smoke prior to cancer diagnosis using the NHANES 99–08 data

From: Who tended to continue smoking after cancer diagnosis: the national health and nutrition examination survey 1999–2008

Characteristic

Quit (n = 244)

Not quit (n = 322)

p-value1

 

N (weighted%)1

N (weighted%)1

 

Age

   

 <=40

8 (7.5)

66 (92.5)

<0.001

 41–50

17 (18.1)

64 (81.9)

 51–60

29 (35.5)

59 (64.5)

 61–70

63 (49.4)

70 (50.6)

 >70

127 (65.8)

63 (34.2)

Mean2 ± SE

64.8 ± 1.0

51.0 ± 1.0

<0.001

Gender

   

 Female

124 (32.7)

197 (67.3)

0.086

 Male

120 (42.4)

125 (57.6)

Race

   

 Non-Hispanic White

187 (36.8)

235 (63.2)

0.005

 Non-Hispanic Black

39 (44.5)

47 (55.5)

 Hispanic or Others

18 (15.9)

40 (84.1)

Education

   

 <High school

67 (33.2)

102 (66.8)

0.126

 High school

64 (30.8)

100 (69.2)

 >High school

112 (41.1)

120 (58.9)

Poverty income ratio (0–5)

   

 <=1

28 (19.5)

74 (80.5)

0.031

 1.1-2

73 (36.7)

83 (63.3)

 2.1-4

64 (39.1)

82 (60.9)

 >4

57 (40.6)

60 (59.4)

Marital status

   

 Married or living with partner

137 (39.2)

165 (60.8)

0.160

 Never married

13 (22)

25 (78)

 Widowed, Divorced, Separated

88 (33.9)

127 (66.1)

 
  1. 1 Tested using Rao-Scott chi-square test or t-test.
  2. 2 Weighted mean.