Differences in characteristics between 16540 smokers of non-mentholated cigarettes and 3005 smokers of mentholated cigarettes
| Black | White* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-menthol (%) (n=1251) | Menthol (%) (n=655) | p Value | Non-menthol (%) (n=15289) | Menthol (%) (n=2350) | p Value | |
| *Data on cigarettes per day missing for 31 white subjects. | ||||||
| NS, not significant. | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 860 (68.8) | 415 (63.4) | 10881 (71.2) | 1526 (64.9) | ||
| Female | 391 (31.3) | 240 (36.6) | <0.02 | 4408 (28.8) | 824 (35.1) | <0.01 |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| <45 | 88 (7.0) | 109 (16.6) | 1158 (7.6) | 257 (10.9) | ||
| 45–54 | 296 (23.7) | 180 (27.5) | 3076 (20.2) | 591 (25.2) | ||
| 55–64 | 532 (42.5) | 238 (36.3) | 5895 (38.6) | 874 (37.2) | ||
| ≥65 | 335 (26.8) | 128 (19.5) | <0.01 | 5160 (33.8) | 628 (26.7) | <0.01 |
| Subjects | ||||||
| Controls | 453 (36.2) | 257 (39.2) | 6459 (42.3) | 997 (42.4) | ||
| Cases | 798 (63.8) | 398 (60.8) | NS | 8830 (57.8) | 1353 (57.6) | NS |
| Smoking | ||||||
| Current | 804 (64.3) | 461 (70.4) | 7201 (47.1) | 1323 (56.3) | ||
| Former | 447 (35.7) | 194 (29.4) | <0.01 | 8088 (52.9) | 1027 (43.7) | <0.01 |
| Cigarettes per day | ||||||
| 1–10 | 374 (29.9) | 226 (34.5) | 2279 (14.9) | 424 (18.1) | ||
| 11–20 | 519 (41.5) | 294 (44.9) | 5195 (34.0) | 780 (33.2) | ||
| 21–39 | 167 (13.4) | 77 (11.8) | 2814 (18.4) | 407 (17.3) | ||
| ≥40 | 191 (15.3) | 58 (8.9) | <0.01 | 4972 (32.6) | 737 (31.4) | <0.01 |