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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 22.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2020 Nov 30;143:106347. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106347

Table 3.

Adjusted odds ratio of e-cigarette susceptibility among middle and high school students who are never users of e-cigarettes, National Youth Tobacco Survey, United States, 2014–2018.

Adjusted odds ratio (95%CI)
Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Sex
Female 1.18 (1.09, 1.27) 1.29 (1.17, 1.43) 1.14 (1.05, 1.25) 1.23 (1.12, 1.36) 1.21 (1.09,1.34)
Male (REF) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Race/ethnicity
NH-black 0.63 (0.55, 0.73) 0.60 (0.52, 0.70) 0.59 (0.50, 0.70) 0.59 (0.50, 0.71) 0.58 (0.48, 0.69)
NH-White 0.67 (0.59, 0.76) 0.65 (0.57, 0.75) 0.68 (0.60, 0.78) 0.80 (0.69, 0.92) 0.88 (0.77, 1.00)
NH-other 0.84 (0.73, 0.98) 0.79 (0.64, 0.97) 0.84 (0.68,1.04) 0.82 (0.64, 1.05) 0.86 (0.69, 1.08)
Hispanic (REF) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
School
Middle 1.03 (0.91, 1.17) 0.93 (0.81, 1.06) 0.97 (0.85, 1.10) 0.99 (0.88, 1.12) 0.98 (0.85, 1.12)
High (REF) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
OTP ever use
Yes 2.62 (2.38, 2.87) 2.60 (2.17, 3.11) 2.62 (2.25, 3.05) 2.60 (2.17, 3.13) 2.71 (2.31, 3.18)
No (REF) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
E-cigarette harm perception
No harm (REF) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Little harm 0.74 (0.62, 0.89) 1.03 (0.86, 1.23) 1.14 (0.93, 1.39) 1.22 (0.93, 1.60) 1.51 (1.24, 1.84)
Some harm 0.32 (0.27, 0.38) 0.43 (0.36, 0.52) 0.52 (0.44, 0.63) 0.55 (0.42, 0.71) 0.60 (0.48, 0.74)
A lot of harm 0.13 (0.13, 0.16) 0.17 (0.14, 0.21) 0.20 (0.17, 0.24) 0.21 (0.15, 0.28) 0.23 (0.18, 0.29)

REF = reference, 95% CI = 95% confidence interval. Odds ratio adjusted for other covariates.