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Appendix 1

Table 6

TOBACCO AND CORONARY DISEASE (English, Willius & Berkson, 1940)


Men aged (yrs)	Per cent Coronary disease in: SmokersNon-smokers		P*

40-9	4.8 (10/208)	1.0 (2/208)	0.01
50-9	6.2 (24/388)	2.6 (10/388)	0.01
60+	5.0 (20/404)	6.4 (26/404)	—
40+	5.4 (54/1,000)	3.8 (38/1,000)	0.04

*P, one-sided.
Number of men with coronary disease and all diseases in age group in parentheses.