Table 1 Results of the descriptive statistics and test statistics
From: Half a pack of cigarettes a day more than doubles DNA breaks in circulating leukocytes
Descriptive statistics | Tail moment | Olive moment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group | non-smokers | smokers | ALL | non-smokers | smokers | ALL |
Mean | 0·40 | 9·37 | 4·82 | 0·24 | 5·06 | 2·61 |
Median | 0·00 | 0·44 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·54 | 0·03 |
StdDev | 3·43 | 18·26 | 13·79 | 1.74 | 10.19 | 7.65 |
IQR | 0·00 | 9·46 | 0·83 | 0·03 | 4·54 | 0·76 |
Min | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·00 |
Max | 52·97 | 115·24 | 115·24 | 27·22 | 62·88 | 62·88 |
N | 500 | 485 | 985 | 500 | 485 | 985 |
Test statistics | Tail moment | Olive moment | ||||
Differences of Means* | 0.54 | 0.48 | ||||
95% C.I. | 0·39-0·68 | 0·32-0·64 | ||||
P-value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||