Table 4.
Logistic regression on education and menthol tobacco product use
| Variables | All (n = 3501) |
Black (n = 2428) |
White (n = 1073) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
| AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Education*** | ||||
| Some high school or less | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Graduated from high school | 0.79* (0.65–0.95) | 0.68 (0.44–1.05) | 0.83 (0.67–1.03) | 0.58* (0.37–0.91) |
| One or more years of college | 0.49*** (0.38–0.63) | 0.45** (0.25–0.78) | 0.52*** (0.39–0.69) | 0.33*** (0.19–0.58) |
| Graduated from trade school | 0.76 (0.54–1.07) | 1.18 (0.54–2.55) | 0.71 (0.49–1.04) | 1.20 (0.55–2.62) |
| Graduated from college | 0.10*** (0.07–0.14) | 0.03*** (0.01–0.07) | 0.17*** (0.12–0.25) | 0.02*** (0.01–.04) |
| Age*** | ||||
| 18–29 | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| 30–39 | 1.69*** (1.31–2.18) | 1.65*** (1.28–2.13) | 1.70*** (1.26–2.29) | 1.40 (0.84–2.32) |
| 40–49 | 2.35*** (1.86–2.97) | 2.29*** (1.81–2.89) | 2.79*** (2.14–3.63) | 1.09 (0.65–1.83) |
| 50–59 | 2.15*** (1.70–2.72) | 2.09*** (1.65–2.66) | 2.91*** (2.23–3.81) | 0.47* (0.26–0.84) |
| 60 and more | 0.97 (0.72–1.31) | 0.95 (0.70–1.27) | 1.30 (0.93–1.82) | 0.21*** (0.10–0.44) |
| Gender (male) | 2.09*** (1.78–2.46) | 2.10*** (1.79–2.47) | 2.36*** (1.97–2.83) | 1.11 (0.77–1.61) |
| Race (Black) | 1.90*** (1.56–2.31) | 1.54* (1.06–2.23) | NA | NA |
| Race*education | ||||
| Some high school or less | NA | Ref | NA | NA |
| Graduated from high school | NA | 1.19 (0.74–1.94) | NA | NA |
| One or more years of college | NA | 1.12 (0.60–2.07) | NA | NA |
| Graduated from trade school | NA | 0.59 (0.25–1.39) | NA | NA |
| Graduated from college | NA | 4.73*** (2.07–10.80) | NA | NA |
Significance *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval