Prevalence and intensity of directly measured SHS exposure among 189 non-smoking adults with asthma during the previous 7 days: personal nicotine badge analysis
| Condition | Prevalence | Nicotine concentration (μg/m3) among those with any exposure | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile | Maximum | ||
| p = 0.044 for comparison of prevalence in ICU v hospital only group (likelihood ratio χ2 test). | ||||||
| p = 0.027 for comparison of nicotine concentration in ICU v hospital only group (Kruskal-Wallis test). | ||||||
| ICU (n = 30) | 26 (87%) | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 3.16 |
| Hospital only (n = 159) | 111 (70%) | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.30 | 9.82 |
| Total (n = 189) | 137 (72%) | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.32 | 9.82 |