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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2009 Feb;123(2):e282–e288. doi: 10.1542/peds.2008-1663

TABLE 2.

Multivariate Relationships Between Water-Pipe Tobacco Smoking and Sociodemographic Data

Ever Smoked Tobacco From a
Water Pipe
Smoked Tobacco From a Water
Pipe in the Previous 30 d


OR (95% CI)
Unadjusted
OR (95% CI)
Adjusteda
OR (95% CI)
Unadjusted
OR (95% CI)
Adjusteda
Grade level 1.5 (1.4–1.7)b 1.6 (1.4–1.7)b 1.4 (1.3–1.5)b 1.4 (1.2–1.5)b
Gender
    Male 1 1 1 1
    Female 0.7 (0.6–0.9)b 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 0.6 (0.5–0.9)b 0.6 (0.4–0.9)b
Race
    American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 1 1
    Asian American 2.6 (1.1–6.2)b 3.2 (1.2–8.4)b 1.7 (0.5–5.5) 2.0 (0.6–7.0)
    Black 1.2 (0.5–2.8) 1.3 (0.5–3.5) 1.2 (0.4–3.5) 1.0 (0.3–3.4)
    Hispanic/Latino 1.3 (0.7–2.5) 1.4 (0.7–2.9) 1.2 (0.5–2.8) 1.4 (0.6–3.4)
    Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 3.4 (1.2–9.6)b 2.5 (0.7–9.4) 3.6 (0.96–13.4) 2.5 (0.5–12.1)
    White 2.8 (1.5–5.1)b 3.2 (1.6–6.4)b 1.9 (0.9–4.3) 2.1 (0.9–5.0)
School type
    Regular 1 1 1 1
    Charter 1.8 (1.5–2.2)b 1.5 (1.2–1.8)b 1.7 (1.3–2.2)b 1.4 (1.1–1.9)b
Plans to attend college
    Definitely yes 1 1 1 1
    Not definitely yes 1.9 (1.5–2.4)b 2.0 (1.6–2.8)b 1.5 (1.03–2.1)b 1.5 (1.02–2.2)b

OR indicates odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

a

Adjusted for all variables in the table.

b

P < .05