| Cigarettes per day | No. of patients with serum albumin < 3.4 g/dl | No. of patients with serum albumin > 3.4 g/dl | Total No. |
| Non smoker | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Ex-smoker | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| <10 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 - 20 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| >20 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| Total No. | 41 | 24 | 65 |