Table 3 Differences in severity of allergic rhinitis according to smoking habit
Observed frequencies | Significance by Fisher’s exact test | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Severity of AR/smoking habit | Total | |||||
Current | Never/former | Current | Never/former | |||
Mild intermittent | 10 | 96 | 96 | Mild intermittent | < | > |
Mild persistent | 17 | 63 | 80 | Mild persistent | > | < |
Moderate/severe intermittent | 11 | 43 | 43 | Moderate/severe intermittent | > | < |
Moderate/severe persistent | 17 | 106 | 106 | Moderate/severe persistent | < | > |
Total | 56 | 343 | 399 | |||
Theoretical frequencies | Percentage/Column | |||||
Severity of AR/smoking habit | Total | |||||
Current | Never/former | Current | Never/former | |||
Mild intermittent | 14.877 | 91.123 | 106.000 | Mild intermittent | 17.857 | 27.988 |
Mild persistent | 11.228 | 68.772 | 80.000 | Mild persistent | 30.357 | 18.367 |
Moderate/severe intermittent | 7.579 | 46.421 | 54.000 | Moderate/severe intermittent | 19.643 | 12.536 |
Moderate/severe persistent | 17 | 106 | 123.000 | Moderate/severe persistent | 30.357 | 30.394 |
Total | 56 | 343 | 399 | Total | 100 | 100 |