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Table 4 Marital status as predictor of daily use of betel, areca and smokeless tobacco products in a Pakistani squatter settlement

From: Socio-demographic correlates of betel, areca and smokeless tobacco use as a high risk behavior for head and neck cancers in a squatter settlement of Karachi, Pakistan

 

Prevalence (%)

Univariate OR [95% CI]

 

Non-Married

Married

 

Paan

9.0

5.2

1.79 [0.81–3.98]

Chaalia

32.1

13.9

2.92 [1.77–4.82]

Gutka

12.8

3.0

4.68 [1.93–11.37]

Niswar

12.8

17.0

0.72 [0.40–1.29]

Tumbaku

7.7

7.0

1.11 [0.51–2.43]

Overall

48.7

33.5

1.88 [1.24–2.86]

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