Table 2

Characteristics of exposed group and control group

Total subjectsMatched by age
VariableExposed group (n=57)Control group (n=69)Exposed group (n=43)Control group (n=43)
Values presented as mean (SD).
*p<0.05, **p<0.01 (t test used to determine p values).
Age (y)29.3 (4.5)38.3 (11.2)**29.7 (4.9)31.1 (6.0)
Education (y)12.3 (0.7)14.0 (2.3)**12.2 (0.8)14.4 (2.0)**
Smoking (cigarettes/day)11.9 (8.5) 8.0 (12.5)*12.1 (8.3) 6.6 (10.4)**
Alcohol (g/wk)89.9 (70.0)77.6 (69.6)93.6 (65.1)81.9 (68.6)