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Table 3 Smoking status by gender and ethnic group

From: Religious involvement and tobacco use in mainland China: a preliminary study

Group

Current smoking N (%)

Past smoking N (%)

TUD N (%)

Non-Muslim male, n = 609a

327 (53.6)***

98 (16.0)

15 (2.4)

Muslim male, n = 433

139 (32.1)

58 (13.3)

10 (2.3)

Non-Muslim female, n = 1,011b

19 (1.8)*

22 (2.1)***

1 (0.1)

Muslim female, n = 717

4 (0.5)

1 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

Total sample, n = 2770

489 (17.6)

179 (6.4)

26 (0.9)

  1. aNon-Muslim male vs. Muslim male.
  2. bNon-Muslim female vs. Muslim female.
  3. *P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001.
  4. TUD: ICD-10 of Tobacco Use Disorders.