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. 2008 Mar 4;98(8):1475–1481. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604250

Table 4. Multivariate ORs jointly estimated for individual current smoking and excess concordance of smoking within twin pairs.

  Model 1
Model 2
Factor OR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value
Individual current smoking
 Monozygosity 0.77 0.63–0.94 0.01 0.77 0.62–0.94 0.01
 Parents smoke 1.86 1.63–2.11 <0.001 1.75 1.45–2.09 <0.001
 Wave 2 2.72 2.29–3.22 <0.001 1.20 0.99–1.46 0.06
 Wave 3 1.70 1.42–2.04 <0.001 1.61 1.29–2.02 <0.001
 Wave 4 1.93 1.64–2.27 <0.001 1.08 0.87–1.34 0.5
 Friends' smoking NA     10.90 7.90–15.10 <0.001
             
Excess concordance of current smoking
 Monozygosity (wave 1) 1.99 1.26–3.15 0.003 2.60 1.47–4.60 0.001
 Monozygosity (wave 2) 1.83 1.22–2.76 0.004 1.12 0.78–1.60 0.5
 Monozygosity (wave 3) 1.68 1.07–2.66 0.03 1.13 0.79–1.62 0.5
 Monozygosity (wave 4) 1.30 0.86–1.98 0.2 1.18 0.66–1.68 0.5
Concordance of friends' smoking NA     1.55 1.30–1.85 <0.001

CI=confidence interval; OR=odds ratio; NA=not applicable.

Excess concordance also adjusted for main effect of wave (no significant association).

Estimates shown adjusted for all variables in model.