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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2008 Nov;47(11):1340–1350. doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e318185d2ad

Prevalence and Means of Covariates in Longitudinal Analytical Samples by Wave 3

Predictors by Wave 3 Nicotine Dependence
(n = 419)
Anxiety Disorder
(n = 686)
Mood Disorder
(n = 626)
Disruptive Disorder
(n = 580)
Age, mean (SD), y 15.13 (1.36) 15.18 (1.31) 15.17 (1.32) 15.24 (1.31)
Female, % 50.8 52.2 50.4 54.6
Race/ethnicity
 White, % 26.4 27.8 27.0 28.6
 African American, % 30.3 32.0 32.9 29.8
 Hispanic, % 43.3 40.2 40.1 41.6
Anxiety disorder lifetime, % 5.8 5.8 6.5
Mood disorder lifetime, % 12.3 14.7 14.4
Disruptive disorder lifetime, % 15.2 20.7 19.9
Any psychiatric disorder lifetime, % 28.0
Novelty seeking, mean (SD) 2.88 (0.74) 2.56 (0.65) 2.55 (0.64) 2.51 (0.64)
Smoked/nicotine dependence lifetime
 Smoked, no dependence criteria, % 58.2 59.9 61.7
 1+ dependence criteria, % 41.8 40.1 38.3
Alcohol, marijuana or other illicit drug use/abuse/dependence lifetime
 Never used, % 22.7 17.3 17.9 19.0
 Used, never abused/dependent, % 63.2 58.3 58.7 61.6
 Ever abused/dependent, % 14.2 24.4 23.4 19.5
Age at onset of smoking, mean (SD), y 12.78 (2.12) 12.82 (2.14) 12.84 (2.10) 12.92 (2.12)
Initial sensitivity to tobacco
 Pleasant experiences, mean (SD) 1.19 (0.34) 1.35 (0.49) 1.34 (0.48) 1.34 (0.49)
 Unpleasant experiences, mean (SD) 1.64 (0.56) 1.64 (0.54) 1.63 (0.53) 1.64 (0.54)
No. cigarettes smoked lifetime, mean (SD) 3.78 (11.73) 19.49 (33.41) 19.56 (33.28) 16.52 (30.82)
Other tobacco use lifetime, % 28.7 34.1 33.7 33.0
Peer smoking currently, % 82.7 88.7 87.9 88.5
Sibling smoking lifetime, % 47.5 53.1 53.0 50.8
Parent smoking/nicotine dependence lifetimea
 Never smoked, % 28.9 27.1 27.1 27.6
 Smoked, never dependent, % 45.7 45.3 46.4 47.5
 Ever dependent, % 25.4 27.6 26.6 24.8
Parent depression lifetime,a % 14.9 13.6 11.2 13.8
Parent delinquency lifetime,a mean (SD) 0.66 (1.44) 0.73 (1.43) 0.65 (1.34) 0.71 (1.48)

Note: Weighted estimates, unweighted n's.

a

Parent report.