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Table 2 Proportion of areca nut product use (N = 123)

From: Evidence of areca nut consumption in the United States mainland: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

AN users n = 21 (17.1%)

Non-AN users n = 102 (82.9%)

p value

Age

  

0.8592

  18–34 years

8 (40.00)

35 (34.65)

 

  35–54 years

8 (40.00)

47 (46.53)

 

   ≥ 55 years

4 (20.00)

19 (18.81)

 

Gender

  

0.5374

  Female

10 (47.62)

55 (55.00)

 

  Male

11 (52.38)

45 (45.00)

 

Level of Education

  

0.7038

  High school or less

4 (19.05)

16 (15.69)

 

  Higher than high school

17 (80.95)

86 (84.31)

 

Employment Status

  

0.4316

  Unemployed

5 (26.32)

36 (35.64)

 

  Employed

14 (73.68)

65 (64.36)

 

US Born (n = 255)

  

0.2538

  Yes

7 (33.33)

21 (21.65)

 

  No

14 (66.67)

76 (78.35)

 

Current Smoking

  

0.7062

  Yes

2 (10.53)

8 (7.92)

 

  No

17 (89.47)

93 (92.08)

 

Ancestry

   

  Indian Subcontinent descendant/immigrant

14 (66.67)

29 (28.43)

0.0008

  Other

7 (33.33)

73 (71.57)