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. 2006 Oct 27;6:265. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-265

Table 6.

Final logistic regression models predicting target child's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in a room or automobile

Predictor Child Room ETS Exposure Child Automobile ETS Exposure

Adjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Mother's country of birth
 Mexico 1.00 1.00
 United States 3.24 (1.37 – 7.69) 1.71 (0.64 – 4.56)
Mother's current smoking status
 Nonsmoker 1.00 1.00
 Smoker 3.31 (1.47 – 7.46) 2.97 (1.16 – 7.62)
Other adult smoker(s) in home
 No 1.00 1.00
 Yes 2.18 (0.92 – 5.14) 1.92 (0.77 – 4.75)
Complete home smoking ban
 No 1.00 ... *
 Yes 0.10 (0.04 – 0.27)
Complete automobile smoking ban
 No ... * 1.00
 Yes 0.14 (0.05 – 0.36)

OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

*Variable not included in final model because it did not retain statistical significance.