Hispanic NHW    
Currentn=267 Formern=277 Current n=193 Former n=298

P (current)

P (former)

Start Age (years ± SD) 21.1 ± 9.9 19.8 ± 8.0 19.7 ± 7.3 18.7 ± 4.6 0.088 0.073
Stop Age (former only) (years ± SD) NA 42.1± 14.3 NA 38.7 ± 14.0 NA 0.005
Pack Years (packs/year, SE) 19.6,1.4 18.6, 1.4 32.5 ± 1.7 24.3 ± 1.4 <0.0001 0.004
Years Smoked (years, SE) 31.7, 0.9 22.3, 0.9 32.4 ± 1.0 19.9 ± 0.8 0.59 0.047
Packs per Day (packs, SE)  0.6, 0.04 0.7, 0.04 1.0 ± 0.05 1.0 ± 0.4 <0.0001 <0.0001
Inhaled when smoke (% Yes) 82.1% 76.4% 88.8% 83.3% 0.05 0.04
Inhale puffs every/few/v-few (%) 54/27/18 65/26/9 74/20/6 74/21/5 <0.0001 0.088
Chronic Bronchitis n (%) 13 (2.8) 9(1.6) 18 (3.9) 11(1.9) 0.17 0.95
Chronic Bronchitis age (yrs) 51.6, 7.7 67.4, 8.7 34.4, 6.7 32.7, 7.9 0.09 0.004
Emphysema n (%) 4 (0.9) 9 (1.6) 13 (2.8) 12 (2.1) 0.01 0.72
Emphysema age 42.8, 4.7 63.0, 3.5 51.6, 3.4 55.3, 3.2 0.14 0.11
1: “Current” compares current Hispanic smokers to current Non-Hispanic White smokers, “former” compares former Hispanic smokers to former Non-Hispanic White smokers.
Table 2: Smoking behavior variables in Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Whites by smoking status.