Table 1: Sociodemographic and symptom characteristics of smokers and ethnic differences.

Variables Caucasian
(n=535) 		Hispanic
(n=262) 		p-value
Male, n (%) 283 (52.9%) 159 (60.7%) 0.038
Age (in years) (Mean ± SD) 69.26 ± 10.51 67.27 ± 12.33 0.018
BMI (Mean ± SD) 30.58 ± 8.1 32.78 ± 7.68 0.000

BMI: body mass index; SD: standard deviation