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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Prevalence of oral mucosal normal variations and lesions in a middle-aged population: a Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study

 

Total

Male

Female

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Tobacco

 Current smoker

343 (18.3)

167 (19.2)

176 (17.5)

 Former smoker

534 (28.5)

291 (33.4)

243 (24.2)

 Non-smoker

999 (53.3)

413 (47.4)

586 (58.3)

Snuff

 Regular user

31 (1.6)

30 (3.4)

1 (0.1)

 Occasional user

39 (2.1)

38 (4.3)

1 (0.1)

 Non-user

1820 (96.3)

810 (92.3)

1010 (99.8)

Alcohol

 Heavy user

232 (12.2)

150 (17.0)

82 (8.0)

 Normal user

1673 (87.8)

732 (83.0)

941 (92.0)