TABLE 3.

Final GEE Models Predicting Smoking Post-surgery following Backward Stepwise Regression

All Patients (N=154)
Variable	P	Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Month (2, 4, 6, & 12)	.047	1.04 (1.00, 1.07)
Smoking Pre-surgery	<.0001	8.44 (3.38, 21.1)
Quitting Self-Efficacy	<.001	0.75 (0.64, 0.87)
Depression Proneness	.001	1.31 (1.12, 1.54)
Patients Abstinent Pre-surgery (N=53)
Variable	P	Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Month (2, 4, 6, & 12)	.654	1.02 (0.94, 1.11)
Perceived Difficulty Quitting	.012	1.23 (1.05, 1.44)
Perceived Risk	.002	0.86 (0.78, 0.94)
Patients Smoking Pre-surgery (N=101)
Variable	P	Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Month (2, 4, 6, 12)	.055	1.04 (1.00, 1.08)
Quitting Self-Efficacy	.029	0.83 (0.69, 0.98)
Depression Proneness	.037	1.25 (1.01, 1.53)
Fears About Cancer Recurrence	.028	1.15 (1.02, 1.30)