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. 2023 May 24;34:102257. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102257

Table 2.

Adjusted odds ratio for students who reported using e-cigarettes at least once in the past year compared to those who did not: Multivariable models for 2017 and 2019.

Elementary School 2017
2019
Change from 2017 to 2019
N = 1767
N = 1869
Variables
Odds Ratio 95% CI p-value Odds ratio 95% CI p-value Change 95% CI p-value
Grade Grade 7
Grade 8 2.20 (0.93,5.19) 0.071 2.33 (1.19,4.56) 0.014 0.13 (−3.07,2.69) 0.917
Sex Male
Female 0.27 (0.11,0.65) 0.004 0.68 (0.42,1.10) 0.114 0.41 (−0.05,0.86) 0.065
Canada all my life Yes
No 0.30 (0.08,1.05) 0.058 1.07 (0.55,2.08) 0.849 0.77 (−0.14,1.80) 0.074
English language only Yes
No 2.00 (0.87,4.62) 0.101 2.00 (0.99,4.02) 0.052 0.00 (−2.80,2.32) 0.996
Race White
Other 0.77 (0.36,1.66) 0.506 0.70 (0.40,1.23) 0.208 −0.08 (−1.01,0.60) 0.826
School performance 90 or more
88–89 1.99 (0.56,7.04) 0.281 1.70 (0.73,3.97) 0.219 −0.29 (−5.44,2.39) 0.835
70–79 0.83 (0.38,1.80) 0.627 1.05 (0.63,1.75) 0.850 0.22 (−0.84,1.06) 0.608
69 or less 0.71 (0.16,3.08) 0.639 1.42 (0.49,4.13) 0.510 0.72 (−1.83,3.48) 0.442
overall 0.689 0.422
Living arrangements One household
More than one 5.58 (2.50,12.48) <0.001 1.90 (0.93,3.86) 0.077 −3.69 (−10.65,-0.03) 0.045
Smoker No
Yes 58.98 (16.55,210.19) <0.001 54.14 (14.97,195.78) <0.001 −4.84 (−161.04,143.02) 0.925
Secondary School 2017
2019
N = 3247
N = 4025
Variables Odds Ratio 95% CI p-value Odds Ratio 95% CI p-value Change 95% CI p-value

Grade 9
10 1.43 (0.95,2.14) 0.083 1.28 (0.94,1.74) 0.116 −0.15 (−0.94,0.51) 0.665
11 1.18 (0.78,1.78) 0.437 1.25 (0.90,1.73) 0.173 0.06 (−0.46,0.59) 0.818
12 0.87 (0.52,1.47) 0.610 1.26 (0.82,1.93) 0.284 0.39 (−0.35,1.14) 0.280
overall 0.041 <0.001
Sex Male
Female 0.71 (0.50,1.01) 0.055 1.11 (0.88,1.41) 0.366 0.40 (0.02,0.77) 0.013
Canada all my life Yes
No 0.76 (0.48,1.18) 0.212 0.72 (0.50,1.04) 0.083 −0.03 (−0.51,0.39) 0.886
English

language only
Yes
No 1.11 (0.83,1.50) 0.482 0.89 (0.66,1.18) 0.413 −0.22 (−0.67,0.19) 0.281
Race White
Other 0.73 (0.52,1.04) 0.078 0.54 (0.40,0.71) <0.001 −0.20 (−0.53,0.08) 0.170
School performance 90 or more
80–89 1.34 (0.71,2.52) 0.366 2.04 (1.48,2.81) <0.001 0.70 (−0.61,1.69) 0.239
70–79 1.44 (1.07,1.94) 0.017 1.13 (0.86,1.48) 0.389 −0.31 (−0.88,0.20) 0.228
69 or less 1.48 (0.88,2.47) 0.137 1.35 (0.90,2.03) 0.148 −0.13 (−1.22,0.77) 0.786
overall <0.001 <0.001
Living arrangements One household
More than one 1.50 (1.01,2.24) 0.046 1.28 (0.95,1.73) 0.108 −0.22 (−1.03,0.44) 0.520
Smoker No
Yes 8.17 (5.31,12.55) <0.001 17.53 (11.09,27.71) <0.001 9.36 (1.57,19.94) 0.016
CI = Confidence Interval