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. 2008 Jun 5;8:199. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-199

Table 4.

Univariate and multivariable analysis of betel quid chewer to quit betel quid

Variable Item Univariate Multivariable


Hazard Rate Ratio 95% Confidence Interval P-value Hazard Rate Ratio 95% Confidence Interval P-value
Sex Male 3.48 (2.44, 4.97) <.0001 1.73 (1.14, 2.64) 0.0107
Female 1.00 1.00
Education Literate 0.54 (0.41, 0.70) <.0001 0.46 (0.28, 0.76) 0.0026
Primary school 0.95 (0.77, 1.16) 0.5986 0.59 (0.37, 0.95) 0.0294
Junior high school 1.23 (0.94, 1.62) 0.1281 0.67 (0.40, 1.11) 0.1156
Senior high school 1.62 (1.26, 2.09) 0.0002 0.74 (0.46, 1.21) 0.2309
College and above 1.00 1.00
Occupation Unemployed or non-technical 0.76 (0.62, 0.93) 0.0083 1.19 (0.59, 2.41) 0.6295
Technical 1.14 (0.92, 1.43) 0.2301 1.17 (0.58, 2.39) 0.6584
Semi-professional 1.71 (1.17, 2.50) 0.0058 1.46 (0.68, 3.12) 0.3315
Managerial/professional and above 1.00 1.00
Ethnicity Aborigines 0.29 (0.22, 0.37) <.0001 0.40 (0.30, 0.55) <.0001
Non-aborigines 1.00 1.00
Cigarette smoker Yes 1.64 (1.28, 2.09) <.0001 0.95 (0.73, 1.25) 0.7261
No 1.00 1.00
Alcohol drinker Yes 0.78 (0.63, 0.96) 0.0204 0.81 (0.65, 1.02) 0.0679
No 1.00 1.00
Type of quid Betel quid 0.48 (0.39, 0.58) <.0001 0.73 (0.50, 1.08) 0.1127
Lao-hwa quid 2.63 (2.13, 3.25) <.0001 1.71 (1.13, 2.58) 0.0104
Betel quid + Lao-hwa quid 2.08 (1.48, 2.94) <.0001 1.70 (1.04, 2.79) 0.0362
Others 1.00 1.00
Daily betel quid chewing amount (pieces) 1–9 pieces 1.00 1.00
10–19 pieces 0.99 (0.78, 1.26) 0.9385 0.81 (0.62, 1.06) 0.1276
20–29 pieces 0.98 (0.77, 1.26) 0.8960 0.75 (0.56, 0.99) 0.0401
30–99 pieces 0.87 (0.68, 1.10) 0.2489 0.69 (0.52, 0.90) 0.0070
above 100 pieces 0.66 (0.36, 1.20) 0.1742 0.57 (0.30, 1.07) 0.0785