TABLE 2.
Logistic Regression Analysis Examining Trends of Current Smoking Among Men in Asian Communities Targeted by REACH Compared With the General US, General US Asian, and California, Washington, and Massachusetts General State Populations: BRFSS and REACH, 2002–2006
| Average Sample Size Each Year | B Pair Comparisons |
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| B (SE) | Slopea | Comparison Group | P | ||
| REACH | |||||
| Vietnamese | 906 | −0.12* (0.03) | −2.58 | General US population | .02 |
| Cambodian | 334 | −0.28* (0.07) | −5.73 | General US population | <.01 |
| Asian | 182 | −0.22* (0.09) | −3.42 | General US population | .08 |
| National BRFSS | |||||
| General US population | 115 000 | −0.05* (0.01) | −0.91 | ||
| API | 2 870 | −0.09* (0.03) | −1.13 | ||
| State-Specific BRFSS | |||||
| CA | 2 000 | −0.02 (0.02) | −0.35 | REACH Vietnamese | .01 |
| MA | 3 500 | −0.02 (0.02) | −0.31 | REACH Cambodian | <.01 |
| WA | 6 700 | −0.07* (0.02) | −1.08 | REACH Asian | .12 |
Note. API = Asian American/Pacific Islander; BRFSS = Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; REACH = Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health. Vietnamese data was pooled for 2 Vietnamese communities in southern California targeted by REACH. Cambodian data was from a Cambodian community in Lowell, MA, targeted by REACH. Asian data was pooled for members of various Asian American/Pacific Islander ethnic subgroups in King County, WA.
Percentage change per year.
P < .01; B significantly different from zero.