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Table 5 Mean age started cigarette smoking of SPMI patients by gender: comparison with the general population

From: Cigarette and waterpipe smoking among adult patients with severe and persistent mental illness in Bahrain: a comparison with the National Non-communicable Diseases Risk Factors Survey

 

Number

Mean

Std. deviation

p value

Male

 SPMI

51

30.5

19.7

<0.0001

 NNDRFS

224

19.4

12.5

 

Female

 SPMI

5

23.0

16.4

0.170

 NNDRFS

11

10.2

7.2

 

Both sexes

 SPMI

56

29.8

19.5

<0.0001

 NNDRFS

235

18.9

12.5