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. 2024 Jun 7;24:1541. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19045-0

Table 3.

Association of cigarette exposure with depression

Cigarette exposure OR (95% CI)
Total Male Female P modification
Smoking status 0.668
 Never 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
 Former 1.334 (1.003, 1.773) * 1.364 (0.799, 2.328) 1.281 (0.804, 2.043)
 Current 2.525 (1.936, 3.293) ***§§§ 2.258 (1.424, 3.582) **§ 2.660 (1.946, 3.637) ***§§§
Pack-years of smoking 1.007 (1.002, 1.012) * 1.004 (0.997, 1.011) 1.012 (1.004, 1.020) ** 0.154
 Never-smokers 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
 Q1 1.755 (1.121, 2.747) * 2.029 (1.112, 3.701) * 1.586 (0.974, 2.582)
 Q2 1.530 (1.091, 2.144) * 1.532 (0.738, 3.181) 1.491 (0.913, 2.435)
 Q3 2.062 (1.466, 2.902) *** 1.740 (1.027, 2.949) * 2.051 (1.256, 3.349) **
 Q4 2.424 (1.624, 3.615) *** 1.793 (1.124, 2.862) * 2.675 (1.556, 4.599) **
Ptrend < 0.001 0.011 < 0.001
Cigarettes per day now 1.044 (1.029, 1.058) *** 1.021 (0.998, 1.044) 1.067 (1.044, 1.092) *** 0.011
 Non-smokers 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
 Q1 1.798 (1.054, 3.068) * 1.908 (0.835, 4.356) 1.567 (0.870, 2.824)
 Q2 1.869 (1.188, 2.940) * 2.321 (1.366, 3.945) ** 1.633 (1.040, 2.562) *
 Q3 2.032 (1.384, 2.981) ** 2.373 (1.189, 4.736) * 2.027 (1.339, 3.069) **
 Q4 3.025 (2.188, 4.181) *** 1.494 (0.807, 2.766) 4.020 (2.603, 6.207) ***
Ptrend < 0.001 0.008 < 0.001

Models were adjusted for age, gender, BMI, race, educational qualification, physical activity, alcohol consumption, ratio of family income to poverty, regular periods, and batch (survey cycle). Ptrend was tested by including never-/non-smokers, Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (continuous variable) in models, respectively. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. §former smokers were as a reference. §P < 0.05, §§P < 0.01, §§§P < 0.001