Table 1 The demographical characteristics and smoking habits of participants
Variable | Varenicline (n = 244) | Bupropion (n = 161) | p* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||
Gender | Male (n = 334) | 194 | 79.5 | 140 | 87.0 | 0.054 |
Female (n = 71) | 50 | 20.5 | 21 | 13.0 | ||
Age Groups | 20–29 (n = 111) | 74 | 30.3 | 37 | 23.0 | 0.267 |
30–39 (n = 184) | 106 | 43.4 | 78 | 48.4 | ||
≥40 (n = 110) | 64 | 26.2 | 46 | 28.6 | ||
Marital Status | Married (n = 329) | 191 | 78.3 | 138 | 85.7 | 0.061 |
Not Married (n = 76) | 53 | 21.7 | 23 | 14.3 | ||
Educational Status | Primary- Secondary | 45 | 18.4 | 31 | 19.3 | 0.775 |
High School | 101 | 41.4 | 71 | 44.1 | ||
College + a | 98 | 40.2 | 59 | 36.6 | ||
Alcohol Consumption Status | Yes (n = 63) | 37 | 15.2 | 26 | 16.163 | 0.789 |
No (n = 342) | 207 | 84.8 | 135 | 83.9 | ||
Social support | Yes (n = 241) | 169 | 69.3 | 75 | 65.2 | 0.394 |
No (n = 161) | 75 | 30.7 | 86 | 34.8 | ||
The amount of cigarettes smoked per day in the initial presentation | 1–10 pcs | 29 | 11.9 | 5 | 3.1 | 0.004 |
11–20 pcs | 99 | 40.6 | 86 | 53.4 | ||
21–30 pcs | 79 | 53.4 | 43 | 26.7 | ||
≥31 pcs | 37 | 45.7 | 27 | 16.8 | ||
Previous quitting trial | Yes (n = 272) | 167 | 68.4 | 105 | 65.2 | 0.499 |
No (n = 133) | 77 | 31.6 | 56 | 34.8 | ||
Concerns about the harmful effects of smoking | No (n = 24) | 16 | 6.6 | 8 | 5.0 | 0.532 |
Little (n = 69) | 45 | 18.4 | 24 | 14.9 | ||
High (n = 170) | 96 | 39.3 | 74 | 46.0 | ||
Very High (n = 142) | 87 | 35.7 | 55 | 34.2 | ||
Mean Fagerstrom Score | 6.34 ± 2.38 | 6.23 ± 2.49 | 0.655** | |||
The amount of cigarettes/day in the initial presentation | 22.78 ± 10.11 | 23.39 ± 9.13 | 0.540 | |||
Mean Age | 34.8 ± 7.61 | 35.9 ± 7.78 | 0.124 | |||
Mean age of start to begin smoking | 17.80 ± 4.26 | 17.60 ± 4.35 | 0.635 | |||
Mean Body Mass Index | 25.46 ± 3.80 | 26.11 ± 3.59 | 0.082 | |||