The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Table 1 The baseline data of enrolled patients

From: New biomarkers for the diagnosis of pleural effusion

	N= 89
Age (years)	53.23 ± 14.98
Sex
Male	52 (58.4%)
Female	37 (41.6%)
Residence
Rural	41 (46.1%)
Urban	48 (53.9%)
Marital status
Married	76 (85.4%)
Single	13 (14.6%)
Smoking status
None	17 (19.1%)
Current smoker	30 (33.7%)
Ex-smoker	22 (24.7%)
Passive smoker	20 (22.5%)
Opioid addiction	2 (2.2%)

Data expressed as frequency (percentage) and mean (SD)

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