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Table 1 Continuous smoking and socioeconomic variables by job type, Pennsylvania Adult Smoking Study

From: Socioeconomic differences in nicotine exposure and dependence in adult daily smokers

Socioeconomic variables

Overall

Unemployeda (n = 63)

Blue Collar (n = 177)

White Collar (n = 86)

P-value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age (years)

37.6

11.50

39.0

12.25

35.8

11.29

40.1

10.81

0.008

Household Income ($)

54,677

38,642

34,362

25,009

54,370

38,916

70,128

39,606

<.001

BMI

28.7

7.10

30.3

8.03

28.5

6.95

27.9

6.56

0.107

Height (inches)

66.8

3.97

65.6

3.62

67.3

4.04

66.8

3.91

0.017

Weight (pounds)

182.8

48.85

185.4

50.91

184.1

49.1

178.4

47.07

0.610

Number in household

3.3

1.50

3.3

1.43

3.4

1.62

3.0

1.26

0.082

 Adults

2.3

0.99

2.4

1.1

2.4

1.03

2.2

0.8

0.427

 Children

1.0

1.09

0.9

0.98

1.1

1.19

0.8

0.93

0.143

Smoking variables

Cigarettes per day

16.6

8.07

18.2

8.56

16.8

7.96

15.0

7.72

0.047

FTND score

4.4

2.31

5.1

2.38

4.4

2.21

3.8

2.34

0.005

3HC (ng/mL)

115.7

86.23

130.5

85.88

112.3

86.02

112.1

86.81

0.337

Cotinine (ng/mL)

292.2

161.96

266.8

139.78

297.7

160.47

299.0

179.07

0.392

Nicotine (ng/mL)

558.3

803.74

839.3

1042.79

534.6

803.88

401.4

504.1

0.004

TSNM (mol/L)

0.3

0.08

0.3

0.07

0.3

0.08

0.3

0.09

0.919

NMR

0.42

0.26

0.6

0.32

0.4

0.24

0.4

0.25

<.001

Cotinine/cigarette

20.6

15.66

17.1

11.91

20.1

12.66

24.3

21.87

0.019

  1. aIncludes adult students, disabled, and retired participants. Abbreviations: 3HC: 3′-hydroxycotinine. TSNM: Total Salivary Nicotine Metabolites. NMR: Nicotine Metabolite Ratio. BMI: Body mass index. FTND: Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence