Smokeless Tobacco and Its Adverse Effects on Hematological Parameters: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of SLT users and nonusers.

S. no.	Variable	Frequency
		SLT users	Nonusers
1	No. of patients	50	50
2	Mean age (years)	40.2	40.5
	Age range (20-85 years)
3	Gender
	Male	48	46
	Female	2	4
4	Occupation
	Employed	13	14
	Self-employed	19	16
	Unemployed	18	20
5	Socioeconomic status
	Upper	2	1
	Upper middle	8	7
	Lower middle	11	12
	Upper lower	17	16
	Lower	12	14

(: classified according to Kuppuswamy’s socioeconomic status scale 2018.)