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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2005 Aug;30(7):1290–1299. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.01.002

Table 2.

Logistic Regression Analyses for Correlates of Tobacco Use and Nicotine Dependence

Variable % Tobacco Use % Nicotine Dependence
Gender
    Female 9 1.00 (Reference) 7 1.00 (Reference)
    Male 53 14.91 (9.46, 23.48)*** 34 7.15 (4.48, 11.40)***
Age
    18 – 28 29 1.00 (Reference) 16 1.00 (Reference)
    29 – 38 40 1.93 (1.31, 2.83)** 27 2.12(1.42, 3.17)***
    39 – 48 44 2.11 (1.28, 3.50)** 32 2.48 (1.51, 4.08)***
    48+ 44 2.30 (1.20, 4.40)* 35 3.53 (1.88, 6.62)***
Education
    <High School 41 1.00 (Reference) 30 1.00 (Reference)
    High School 38 .68 (.40, 1.17) 25 .70 (.42, 1.19)
    College 31 .47 (.27, .83)* 19 .51 (.29, .90)*
Psychiatric Disorder
    Schizophrenia 33 1.00 (Reference) 23 1.00 (Reference)
    Bipolar 46 1.55 (1.05, 2.29)* 29 1.11 (.75, 1.65)
    Depression 29 .83 (.50, 1.38) 17 .64 (.37, 1.11)
    Others 28 .76 (.45, 1.28) 18 .74 (.42, 1.29)
Betel Chewing
    Non-chewers 28 1.00 (Reference) 17 1.00 (Reference)
    Chewers 60 4.08 (2.74, 6.07)*** 41 2.75 (1.89, 4.00)***
AUDIT Score
    Low risk (< 8) 31 1.00 (Reference) 20 1.00 (Reference)
    High risk (≥ 8) 88 5.74 (2.79, 11.81)*** 61 2.56 (1.52, 4.31)***
DAST Score
    Low risk (< 3) 34 1.00 (Reference) 22 1.00 (Reference)
    High risk (≥ 3) 76 4.16 (1.45, 11.89)** 55 2.65 (1.15, 6.08)*
1

Percentage indicates the proportion of participants within each stratification reporting current use of tobacco.

2

Percentage indicates the proportion of participants within each stratification with nicotine dependence.

AUDIT = Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test; DAST = Drug Abuse Screening Test.

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001