Table II.

Logistic regression analyses with tobacco-related (proximal) predictors of intentions to smoke in nonsmoking preadolescents (n=260^*, R²=0.32)

Variable	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	P-Value
Age (in years)
Increasing	1.58	1.12 – 2.25	0.010
Gender
Male vs. Female	2.13	1.08 – 4.21	0.030
Race
White vs. Non-White	1.76	0.83 – 3.75	0.141
Group
Cancer vs. School	0.44	0.20 – 0.95	0.038
Parent Smokes
Yes/DK vs. No	2.12	1.12 – 4.02	0.021
Close Friend(s) Smoke
1 or more vs. 0	5.05	2.18 – 11.69	<0.001
Tobacco Knowledge
Decreasing	0.95	0.88 – 1.02	0.163
Instrumental Value
Increasing	1.06	0.99 – 1.14	0.089
Perceived Vulnerability for Tobacco-Related Illnesses
Decreasing	1.15	1.05 – 1.26	0.003

^*Six participants were missing intentions scores and 18 were missing values for independent variables, so 260 participants contributed to this model.