Tobacco Exposure by Various Modes May Alter Proinflammatory (IL-12) and Anti-Inflammatory (IL-10) Levels and Affects the Survival of Prostate Carcinoma Patients: An Explorative Study in North Indian Population

Table 1

Distribution of patients by habit of addiction.

Addiction	Groups
	BPH		Cancer		Controls
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Tobacco chewing	n    =   28	29.7	n    =   72	25.3	n    =   71	24.9
Betel quid (leaf + areca catechu with tobacco)	10	10.6 (35.7)	20	7.0 (27.8)	16	5.6 (22.5)
Gutkha	10	10.6 (35.7)	35	12.3 (48.6)	29	10.2 (40.8)
Khaini	8	8.5 (28.6)	17	5.9 (23.6)	26	9.1 (36.6)
Tobacco smoking	n    =   31	32.97	n    =   92	32.3	n    =   88	30.9
Cigarette	11	11.7 (35.5)	43	15.1 (46.7)	40	14 (45.5)
Bidi	11	11.7 (35.5)	31	10.9 (33.7)	30	10.5 (34.1)
Hookah	4	4.2 (12.9)	11	3.8 (12.0)	11	3.8 (12.5)
Chillum	5	5.3 (16.1)	7	2.4 (7.6)	7	2.4 (8.0)
Smoking with alcohol	11	11.7	34	11.9	34	11.9
Chewing with alcohol	6	6.4	19	6.7	13	4.6
Alcohol alone	9	9.6	16	5.6	14	4.9
Smoking, chewing, and alcohol using	5	5.3	10	3.5	6	2.1
Nonusers	4	4.3	42	14.7	59	20.7