Smoking prevalence and associated risk factors among healthcare professionals in Nicosia general hospital, Cyprus: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Characteristics of the study population (n = 511)

	All		Physicians		Nurses		p value
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Sex
Male	139	27.2	71	59.7	68	17.3	<0.001
Female	372	72.8	48	40.3	324	82.7
Age (years)
25–34	213	41.7	48	40.3	165	42.1	0.925
35–44	111	21.7	28	23.5	83	21.2
45–54	135	26.4	30	25.2	105	26.8
55–64	52	10.2	13	10.9	39	9.9
Does anyone else smoke in the family?
Yes	99	19.4	30	25.2	69	17.6	0.066
No	412	80.6	89	74.8	323	82.4
Smoking Status
Current	144	28.2	34	28.6	110	28.1	0.002
Former	42	8.2	19	16.0	23	5.9
Never	325	63.6	66	55.5	259	66.1
FTQ-Level of Dependence
Low nicotine dependent	87	61.3	20	58.8	67	62.0	0.385
Medium nicotine dependent	39	27.5	8	23.5	31	28.7
High nicotine dependent	16	11.3	6	17.6	10	9.3
Pack- years of smoking	Median(IQR)		Median(IQR)		Median(IQR)		p value^*
Current smokers	7.5 (10.50)		8.5 (10.25)		7.50 (10.50)		0.857
Former smokers	5.0 (8.50)		5.0 (18.65)		1.0 (5.50)		0.061

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