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Table 2 Participants’ secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure characteristics by SHS status (N = 200)

From: Prevalence and factors associated with second hand smoke exposure among a sample of pregnant women in Cairo, Egypt

 

Non-Smoker/ Non-SHS Exposed

Non-Smoker/ SHS Exposed

Smoker/ SHS Exposed

p-value

(N = 66)

(N = 76)

(N = 58)

Secondhand Smoke Exposure

Husband smoking status (n = 196)

    

 No

81.5% (53)

8.1% (6)

3.5% (2)

 

 Yes

18.5% (12)

91.9% (68)

96.5% (55)

< 0.00013

  Smokes, but not inside home4

75.0% (9)

8.8% (6)

0% (0)

 

  Smokes inside home4

25.0% (3)

91.2% (62)

100% (55)

< 0.00013

Tobacco product smoked the most by husband

    

 Cigarettes4

66.7% (8)

85.3% (58)

96.4% (53)

 

 Hookah4

33.3% (4)

14.7% (10)

3.6% (2)

0.0083

Past 30-day SHS exposure inside the home

    

 No

75.8% (50)

2.6% (2)

1.7% (1)

 

 Yes

1.5% (1)

77.6% (59)

93.1% (54)

 

 Not sure

22.7% (15)

19.7% (15)

5.2% (3)

< 0.00013

No. hours in a day usually exposed to SHS anywhere (n = 196)

 Mean (SD)

 Median

 Range

0.2 (0.5)

0

0–2

3.0 (1.4)

3

1–7

4.2 (1.0)

4

3–7

0.00011

No. days in a week usually exposed to SHS anywhere (n = 198)

 Mean (SD)

 Median

 Range

0.6 (1.7)

0

0–7

6.2 (1.4)

7

1–7

6.8 (0.5)

7

5–7

0.00011

No. hours you were indoors with people smoking around you (n = 169)

 Mean (SD)

 Median

 Range

0.05 (0.2)

0

0–1

1.4 (1.2)

1

0–7

2.4 (0.8)

3

0–3

0.00011

Exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) level

 Mean (SD)

 Median

 Range

0.1 (0.2)

0

0–1

0.4 (0.8)

0

0–3

3.0 (1.5)

3

0–8

0.00011

  1. 1 Tested using Kruskal-Wallis test
  2. 2 Tested using χ2 test
  3. 3 Tested using Fisher’s exact test
  4. 4 Only among participants who reported that their husbands smoked.