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. 2006 Feb;96(2):299–308. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.057232

TABLE 2—

Logistic Regressions of Daily Smoking, Lifetime and Current Nicotine Dependence (Add Health Wave III)a

A. Ever Smoked Daily (Among Smokers of a Whole Cigarette n = 8373) B. Lifetime Dependence (Among Ever Daily Smokers, n = 5125) C. Current Dependence (Among Lifetime Dependents, n = 2660)
Predictors No. Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) No. Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) No. Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) P, A vs B P, B vs C
Race/ethnicity
    White (ref) 5428 . . . . . . 3634 . . . . . . 2021 . . . . . . . . . . . .
    African American 1180 0.67*** (0.53, 0.85) 0.64*** (0.51, 0.79) 614 0.84 (0.68, 1.04) 0.80* (0.65, 0.98) 300 1.87** (1.17, 2.98) 1.26 (0.77, 2.07) . . . . . .
    Hispanic 1217 0.50*** (0.40, 0.63) 0.39*** (0.30, 0.51) 593 0.49*** (0.35, 0.67) 0.39*** (0.28, 0.55) 217 0.60* (0.39, 0.92) 0.43*** (0.26, 0.70) . . . . . .
    Other 548 0.63** (0.46, 0.85) 0.81 (0.56, 1.15) 284 0.62* (0.41, 0.95) 0.70 (0.45, 1.08) 122 1.13 (0.58, 2.22) 1.44 (0.78, 2.69) . . . . . .
Gender
    Male (ref) 4,182 . . . . . . 2604 . . . . . . 1409 . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Female 4,191 0.93 (0.82, 1.04) 1.07 (0.91, 1.26) 2521 0.88 (0.76, 1.02) 0.91 (0.77, 1.07) 1251 0.64*** (0.50, 0.80) 0.70** (0.54, 0.90) . . . . . .
Age, y
    18, 19 (ref) 858 . . . . . . 513 . . . . . . 254 . . . . . . . . . . . .
    20 1084 1.22 (0.95, 1.57) 1.05 (0.74, 1.48) 679 1.12 (0.87, 1.45) 1.14 (0.86, 1.50) 358 0.79 (0.52, 1.22) 0.80 (0.47, 1.37) . . . . . .
    21 1364 1.08 (0.84, 1.38) 1.06 (0.80, 1.41) 856 1.14 (0.88, 1.48) 1.12 (0.86, 1.44) 434 0.93 (0.60, 1.43) 0.84 (0.53, 1.33) . . . . . .
    22 1581 1.04 (0.81, 1.34) 1.27 (0.94, 1.72) 963 1.13 (0.86, 1.48) 1.30 (0.97, 1.73) 494 0.87 (0.57, 1.34) 0.95 (0.59, 1.55) . . . . . .
    23 1673 1.19 (092, 1.55) 1.28 (0.94, 1.73) 1038 1.38* (1.04, 1.82) 1.59** (1.15, 2.20) 550 0.67 (0.44, 1.02) 0.71 (0.44, 1.17) . . . .004
    24 1372 1.13 (0.89, 1.43) 1.32 (0.95, 1.83) 812 1.12 (0.85, 1.47) 1.47** (1.10, 1.95) 422 0.62* (0.40, 0.98) 0.69 (0.41, 1.17) . . . .009
    25–27 441 1.39 (0.96, 2.02) 1.42 (0.96, 2.09) 264 1.62** (1.15, 2.31) 1.79** (1.20, 2.68) 148 0.95 (0.52, 1.72) 0.86 (0.44, 1.67) . . . . . .
Family income (log)b 6918 1.04 (0.95, 1.15) 1.02 (0.92, 1.13) 4246 0.97 (0.88, 1.07) 1.00 (0.91, 1.11) 2,216 0.92 (0.80, 1.07) 0.99 (0.85, 1.15) . . . . . .
Education
    <12th grade (ref) 829 . . . . . . 650 . . . . . . 434 . . . . . . . . . . . .
    High school graduate 3308 0.64*** (0.50, 0.83) 0.75 (0.57, 1.00) 2258 0.70** (0.53, 0.92) 0.81 (0.61, 1.08) 1307 0.34*** (0.23, 0.51) 0.40*** (0.26, 0.60) . . . .002
    Some college 3106 0.31*** (0.24, 0.41) 0.43*** (0.32, 0.59) 1720 0.35*** (0.27, 0.47) 0.55*** (0.40, 0.77) 748 0.22*** (0.15, 0.33) 0.32*** (0.21, 0.50) . . . .002
    College graduate 1130 0.19*** (0.15, 0.26) 0.22*** (0.16, 0.31) 497 0.27*** (0.19, 0.38) 0.41*** (0.27, 0.63) 171 0.13*** (0.08, 0.22) 0.21*** (0.11, 0.38) . . . .03
Student’s status
    Not enrolled (ref) 5584 . . . . . . 3715 . . . . . . 2099 . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Enrolled 2789 0.47*** (0.40, 0.55) 0.73** (0.59, 0.89) 1410 0.48*** (0.41, 0.57) 0.74** (0.60, 0.93) 561 0.49** (0.39, 0.62) 0.66** (0.49, 0.89) . . . . . .
Work status
    Not working (ref) 2408 . . . . . . 1495 . . . . . . 829 . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Part-time work 1614 0.70*** (0.60, 0.81) 0.88 (0.71, 1.08) 896 0.60*** (0.49, 0.74) 0.75* (0.61, 0.94) 396 0.79 (0.59, 1.06) 1.15 (0.82, 1.61) . . . 0.036
    Full-time work 4351 1.09 (0.95, 1.25) 1.06 (0.90, 1.25) 2734 0.86 (0.72, 1.02) 0.86 (0.71, 1.04) 1435 1.06 (0.81, 1.38) 1.23 (0.93, 1.63) . . . 0.04
Has a child
    No (ref) 6691 . . . . . . 3935 . . . . . . 1962 . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Yes 1682 2.16*** (1.81, 2.58) 1.57*** (1.27, 1.95) 1190 1.54***(1.29, 1.83) 1.08 (0.88, 1.32) 698 1.06 (0.81, 1.37) 0.93 (0.69, 1.26) 0.02 . . .
Marital status
    Not currently married/not cohabiting (ref) 5418 . . . . . . 3143 . . . . . . 1527 . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Currently married 1472 1.45*** (1.18, 1.77) 0.98 (0.76, 1.27) 920 1.40*** (1.16, 1.69) 0.99 (0.80, 1.23) 521 0.95 (0.72, 1.26) 0.85 (0.62, 1.18) . . . . . .
    Currently cohabiting 1483 2.09*** (1.78, 2.45) 1.56*** (1.31, 1.86) 1062 1.44*** (1.21, 1.72) 1.17 (0.97, 1.41) 612 1.17 (0.88, 1.56) 1.03 (0.76, 1.41) 0.03 . . .
Residential parents ever smoked by prior interview
No parent (ref) 3573 . . . . . . 1867 . . . . . . 774 . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Both parents 1293 2.35*** (1.96, 2.81) 1.83*** (1.49, 2.26) 929 2.33*** (1.87, 2.89) 1.89*** (1.49, 2.41) 566 1.49** (1.11, 2.01) 1.38 (0.99, 1.93) . . . . . .
    Only mother 1527 2.03*** (1.72, 2.40) 1.43*** (1.18, 1.73) 1073 1.76*** (1.43, 2.16) 1.34* (1.06, 1.68) 605 2.03*** (1.56, 2.64) 1.87*** (1.39, 2.51) . . . . . .
    Only father 1409 1.66*** (1.40, 1.97) 1.45*** (1.18, 1.78) 884 1.77*** (1.42, 2.21) 1.56*** (1.23, 1.96) 482 1.24 (0.93, 1.66) 1.25 (0.92, 1.69) . . . . . .
    No parent in household 571 1.93*** (1.44, 2.60) 1.22 (0.88, 1.69) 372 2.26*** (1.71, 2.97) 1.50* (1.08, 2.07) 233 1.65* (1.07, 2.55) 1.96** (1.20, 3.22) . . . . . .
Friend smoked at prior interview
    No (ref) 3428 . . . . . . 1628 . . . . . . 698 . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Yes 4917 2.75*** (2.40, 3.16) 1.89*** (1.60, 2.23) 3482 1.85*** (1.60, 2.14) 1.34*** (1.15, 1.57) 1950 1.17 (0.94, 1.45) 1.12 (0.86, 1.46) 0.01 . . .
Novelty seekingb 8277 1.33*** (1.24, 1.42) 1.26*** (1.15, 1.38) 5073 1.26*** (1.17, 1.35) 1.22*** (1.12, 1.33) 2630 1.28*** (1.15, 1.41) 1.22** (1.08, 1.38) . . . . . .
Self–esteem 8373 0.86*** (0.81, 0.92) 0.93 (0.85, 1.01) 5125 0.87*** (0.81, 0.93) 0.97 (0.89, 1.05) 2660 1.03 (0.94, 1.12) 1.10 (0.99, 1.22) . . . . . .
Delinquencyb 8351 1.14*** (1.06, 1.22) 1.06 (0.98, 1.15) 5111 1.06 (0.99, 1.13) 1.02 (0.95, 1.09) 2650 1.08 (1.00, 1.17) 1.03 (0.94, 1.13) . . . . . .
Depressive symptomsb 8373 1.13*** (1.07, 1.20) 0.94 (0.87, 1.02) 5125 1.25*** (1.15, 1.35) 1.17*** (1.06, 1.28) 2660 1.14** (1.04, 1.25) 1.12* (1.00, 1.25) 0.001 . . .
Initial sensitivity to smoking
    Dizzinessb 8207 1.25*** (1.15, 1.37) 1.18** (1.07, 1.30) 5051 0.98 (0.89, 1.07) 0.96 (0.87, 1.06) 2621 0.95 (0.84, 1.08) 1.01 (0.89, 1.14) 0.006 . . .
    Pleasant symptomsb 8184 2.42*** (2.24, 2.62) 2.84*** (2.60, 3.10) 5039 1.06 (0.98, 1.16) 1.21*** (1.11, 1.33) 2622 0.84** (0.75, 0.94) 0.88* (0.77, 1.00) 0.000 . . .
    Unpleasant symptomsb 8208 0.67*** (0.62, 0.72) 0.66*** (0.60, 0.71) 5053 1.05 (0.94, 1.18) 0.99 (0.88, 1.12) 2625 0.88* (0.77, 1.00) 0.85* (0.74, 0.98) 0.000 . . .
Onset age of smoking whole cigarette, y
    ≤ 2 (ref) 1113 . . . . . . 846 . . . . . . 574 . . . . . . . . . . . .
    13–14 1675 0.64*** (0.50, 0.83) 0.68** (0.49, 0.88) 1178 0.60*** (0.49, 0.75) 0.57*** (0.44, 0.73) 668 0.86 (0.65, 1.14) 0.89 (0.64, 1.24) . . . 0.029
    15–17 3401 0.46*** (0.37, 0.56) 0.54*** (0.44, 0.68) 2155 0.44*** (0.36, 0.54) 0.37*** (0.29, 0.48) 1052 1.03 (0.79, 1.35) 1.10 (0.78, 1.54) . . . 0.000
    ≥ 18 2090 0.20*** (0.16, 0.25) 0.26*** (0.20, 0.34) 905 0.28*** (0.22, 0.36) 0.20*** (0.15, 0.27) 343 1.00 (0.70, 1.44) 1.22 (0.78, 1.89) . . . 0.000
Time between smoking whole cigarette and smoking daily, y
    < 1 (ref) . . . . . . . . . 1895 . . . . . . 1055 . . . . . . . . . . . .
    1 . . . . . . . . . 1146 0.86 (0.70, 1.05) 0.76* (0.61, 0.94) 590 0.72* (0.54, 0.95) 0.81 (0.58, 1.14) . . . . . .
    2 . . . . . . . . . 833 0.71** (0.56, 0.90) 0.57*** (0.43, 0.75) 413 0.78 (0.57, 1.08) 0.93 (0.67, 1.30) . . . 0.028
    ≥ 3 . . . . . . . . . 1144 0.70*** (0.58, 0.85) 0.40* (0.33, 0.49) 540 0.63*** (0.48, 0.82) 0.77 (0.55, 1.09) . . . 0.001

Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; Ref = reference.

aUnweighted numbers; weighted estimates. Coefficients for missing values not shown.

bBased on standardized scores for continuous covariates.

* P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.