Table 2.
Demographic data related to current smoking status for control and cancer patients measured by PTR-MS*).
| Smokers | Non-smokers | Ex-smokers | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Age Median (range) |
n | Age Median (range) |
n | Age Median (range) |
n | Age Median (range) |
||
| Control | Female | 56 (55) |
43 (18-81) |
176 (171) |
57.5 (17-91) |
39 (37) |
55 (25-85) |
271 (263) |
53.83 (17-91) |
| Male | 28 (26) |
46 (23-77) |
95 (91) |
53 (24.5-86) |
47 (47) |
64 (33-88) |
170 (164) |
56.25 (23-88) |
|
| Total | 84 (81) |
44 (18-81) |
271 (262) |
57 (17-91) |
86 (84) |
61.25 (25-88) |
441 (427) |
54 (17-91) |
|
| CA- Patients |
Female | 23 (23) |
55 (46-77) |
18 (17) |
71 (39-82.5) |
39 (39) |
64.5 (44-83) |
80 (79) |
63 (39-83) |
| Male | 45 (43) |
60 (40-77) |
5 (5) |
61 (51-70) |
90 (88) |
66.3 (46.4-81) |
140 (136) |
65 (40-81) |
|
| Total | 68 (66) |
58 (40-77) |
23 (22) |
67 (39-82.5) |
129 (127) |
66 (44-83) |
220 (215) |
64.4 (39-83) |
|
*) Some measurements for PTR-MS were excluded (because of device variations), in brackets the number of subjects were at least 1 measurement was valid is given.