TABLE 3

Passive smoking exposure according to sex

Domestic exposureWorkplaceOverall
MenWomenp-valueAllMenWomenp-valueAllMenWomenp-valueAll
Missing n743507435074350
Never exposed36/58 (62)100/276 (36)<10−4136/334 (41)47/58 (81)227/276 (82)0.827274/334 (82)30/58 (52)85/276 (31)0.002115/334 (34)
Ever exposed22/58 (38)176/276 (64)198/334 (59)11/58 (19)49/276 (18)60/334 (18)28/58 (48)191/276 (69)219/334 (66)
 Missing data441133
 Length of exposure
  <20 years14/22 (64)59/172 (34)0.00873/194 (38)8/11 (73)23/48 (48)NC31/59 (53)15/28 (54)49/188 (26)0.00264/216 (30)
  20–30 years7/22 (32)57/172 (33)64/194 (33)2/11 (18)15/48 (31)17/59 (29)11/28 (39)70/188 (37)81/216 (38)
  >30 years1/22 (5)56/172 (33)57/194 (29)1/11 (9)10/48 (21)11/59 (19)2/28 (7)69/188 (37)71/216 (33)
 Exposed in childhood18/22 (82)104/172 (59)0.039122/194 (62)
 Exposed in adulthood only4/22 (8)72/172 (41)76/194 (38)
  • Data are presented as n/N available (%), unless otherwise stated. NC: not computable; all p-values are computed with chi-squared tests.