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Table 2 Male gender 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]

 

Males

Females

 

Paan

12.4

1.0

13.56 [3.16–58.22]

Chaalia

19.7

22.3

0.85 [0.52–1.40]

Gutka

13.5

0.5

29.69 [4.01–219.70]

Niswar

25.4

5.2

6.22 [3.05–12.70]

Tumbaku

13.5

1.0

14.86 [3.48–63.56]

Overall

50.3

28.5

2.53 [1.66–3.86]

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