Smoking pattern characteristics in the adult population. Maracaibo, Venezuela

Table 1: Smoking pattern characteristics in the adult population. Maracaibo, Venezuela.

	Percentil					p
	p5^th	p25^th	p50^th	p75^th	p95^th	p
Age (Years)						< 0.0^*
Non-smokers	18	24	35	48	67
Smokers	20	28	40	50	60
Former smokers	23	36	48	56	69
Age of initiation (years)						0.08^**
Smokers	14	16	19	25	36
Former smokers	14	16	18	24	35
Intensity (Cigarette/day)						0.28^**
Smokers	1	2	6	10	20
Former smokers	1	2	4	10	40
Time smoking (Years)						-
Smokers	1	6	16	28	40
Time without smoking (Years)						-
Non-smoker	0.6	3	10	20	35

^*Kruskal Wallis test; ^**U Mann-Whitney test.