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Table 2 Prevalence of use of hookah and cigarettes by sex

From: Evidence of emerging hookah use among university students: a cross-sectional comparison between hookah and cigarette use

  

Total N (%)

Male N (%)

Female N (%)

χ 2(1)

p

Hookah use

     
 

Ever use

546 (46.4)*

268 (47.8)

278 (45.2)

0.4

0.529

 

Past year use

361 (28.4)*

177 (28.4)

184 (28.4)

0.0001

0.994

 

Current use

131 (9.9)

74 (11.9)

57 (8.2)

3.8

0.051

Cigarette use

     
 

Ever use

485 (42.1)

250 (44.9)

235 (33.6)

1.64

0.201

 

Past year use

246 (19.6)

140 (22.4)

106 (17.3)

3.37

0.066

 

Current use

141 (10.8)*

91 (14.7)

50 (7.4)

12.67

<.001

  1. Note. Percentages represent weighted percentages.
  2. *p<.05 (χ 2 values in results).
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