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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of participants

From: Lower expressions of the human bitter taste receptor TAS2R in smokers: reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis

Variable

Non-smoker (n = 22)

Smoker (n = 22)

t-test

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t-value

P-value

Age (years)

41.5

15.8

46.0

11.4

1.1

.290

Duration of smoking (years)

NA

NA

24.3

9.7

NA

NA

Number of cigarettes smoked daily

NA

NA

17.4

7.0

NA

NA

Brinkman index

NA

NA

430

246.7

NA

NA

  1. Abbreviations: NA, not applicable; SD, standard deviation.