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. 2010 Oct;12(Suppl 1):S45–S50. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntq038

Table 5.

Predicting sustained quitting (quit > 1 month) at wave N + 1 using dependence measures from wave N

Wave N + 1 quit (>1 month) Wave N measure Categorical versions of predictors
Continuous versions of predictors
Unadjusted Adjusteda R2 Unadjusted Adjusteda R2
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
W2—quit W1—CPD 0.69 (0.62–0.76)** 0.84 (0.74–0.96)* .066 0.73 (0.69–0.78)** 0.84 (0.77–0.92)** .079
W1—TTFC 1.46 (1.34–1.59)** 1.33 (1.20–1.48)** 1.34 (1.26–1.42)** 1.19 (1.10–1.29)**
W1—HSI 0.78 (0.74–0.82)** 0.79 (0.74–0.83)** .065 0.85 (0.82–0.87)** 0.85 (0.82–0.88)** .080
W3—quit W2—CPD 0.60 (0.54–0.67)** 0.71 (0.62–0.81)** .105 0.74 (0.69–0.79)** 0.81 (0.74–0.88)** .099
W2—TTFC 1.47 (1.35–1.60)** 1.24 (1.12–1.37)** 1.29 (1.21–1.37)** 1.12 (1.04–1.21)*
W2—HSI 0.75 (0.71–0.79)** 0.76 (0.72–0.81)** .104 0.85 (0.82–0.88)** 0.86 (0.83–0.89)** .099
W4—quit W3—CPD 0.61 (0.55–0.68)** 0.72 (0.63–0.82)** .091 0.71 (0.66–0.77)** 0.76 (0.69–0.84)** .097
W3—TTFC 1.47 (1.35–1.61)** 1.27 (1.14–1.41)** 1.30 (1.22–1.38)** 1.12 (1.04–1.21)*
W3—HSI 0.75 (0.71–0.80)** 0.76 (0.72–0.80)** .090 0.84 (0.81–0.87)** 0.84 (0.81–0.87)** .095

Note. CPD = cigarettes per day; HSI = Heaviness of Smoking Index; OR = odds ratio; TTFC = time to first cigarette.

a

Controlling for the “other” heaviness of smoking measure (i.e., for CPD, the “other” measure is TTFC and vice versa) where appropriate and socio-demographic factors: cohort (for smoking status at Waves 3 and 4), country, sex, age, education, and income.

R2 = Nagelkerke’s adjusted R2.

*p < .01; **p < .001.