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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 Jul 3;98(1-2):94–104. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.04.017

Table 3.

Predictors of developmental trajectoriesa of DSM-IV criteria of nicotine dependence in the 4-class conditional GMM model (new cigarette smokers by Wave 3, N=311b)

Covariates c Class 2 (Chronic) AOR vs. Class 1 (None) 95%CI Class 3 (Remit) AOR vs. Class 1 (None) 95%CI Class 4 (Late) AOR vs. Class 1 (None) 95%CI Class 2 (Chronic) AOR vs. Class 3 (Remit) 95% Class 2 (Chronic) AOR vs. Class 4 (Late) 95%
Race/ethnicity (vs. white)
  African American 1.18 0.43– 3.26 1.83 0.68– 4.92 0.89 0.32– 2.47 0.64 0.20– 2.09 1.34 0.39– 4.62
  Hispanic 0.50 0.19– 1.32 0.30* 0.11– 0.87 0.34* 0.15– 0.79 1.66 0.50– 5.44 1.48 0.51– 4.30
Male(vs. female) 0.70 0.32– 1.52 0.40* 0.17– 0.97 0.63 0.28– 1.45 1.73 0.65– 4.59 1.10 0.44– 2.78
Onset age of smoking cigarettesd 1.04 0.69– 1.56 1.23 0.86– 1.74 0.77 0.59– 1.02 0.85 0.54– 1.32 1.34 0.85– 2.14
Pack or more of cigarettes in the month before 1st DSMe 4.21* 0.99–17.86 4.26 0.96–18.96 3.92 0.77–19.80 0.99 0.30– 3.28 1.08 0.32– 3.66
Alcohol before cigarette onsetd 2.16 0.78– 5.99 1.85 0.76– 4.54 1.69 0.79– 3.64 1.17 0.38– 3.63 1.28 0.42– 3.86
Marijuana before cigarette onsetd onset 0.42 0.14– 1.24 0.76 0.31– 1.88 0.71 0.21– 2.40 0.55 0.17– 1.80 0.59 0.16– 2.16
Blunt before cigarette onsetd 7.02** 2.01–24.52 5.87** 1.74–19.79 5.24* 1.17–23.37 1.20 0.39– 3.71 1.34 0.36– 4.94
Pleasant initial sensitivity to tobaccod 2.96* 1.22– 7.19 4.85*** 2.03–11.55 1.20 0.45– 3.23 0.61 0.30– 1.25 2.46* 1.08– 5.64
Parent self-reported DSM (vs. never smoked)
  Smoked, not dependent 1.70 0.60– 4.87 0.55 0.22– 1.37 0.55 0.22– 1.34 3.10 0.91–10.51 3.10 0.94–10.22
  Ever dependent 3.13 0.92–10.70 0.71 0.19– 2.63 2.25 0.77– 6.57 4.43* 1.00–19.64 1.39 0.39– 4.95
Perceived peer smoking 1.70 0.77– 3.74 1.03 0.44– 2.40 1.26 0.57– 2.80 1.65 0.61– 4.49 1.35 0.52– 3.48
Conduct disorder positive screen 8.22** 2.18–31.03 4.24 0.80–22.49 2.21 0.48–10.17 1.94 0.50– 7.45 3.72* 1.08–12.79
Novelty seeking 1.23 0.74– 2.06 1.81* 1.03– 3.18 1.22 0.71– 2.09 0.68 0.36– 1.29 1.01 0.55– 1.84
a

Class1= no DSM (N=149), class 2= Early DSM/Chronic (N=61), class 3= Early DSM/Remission (N=54), class 4= Late DSM (N=47). BIC=8591.97 (Free Parameters=58) Log likelihood=–4129.53 (Replicated 5 times at starts=500,100)

b

Excludes 13 cases with missing data.

c

Measured at W1, except as noted.

d

Measured when first reported using tobacco or other drugs (W1–W3).

e

From smoking history chart.

p<0.10

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01

***

p<0.001