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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 22.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2011 Sep;35(5):627–636. doi: 10.5993/ajhb.35.5.11

Table 3.

Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals of Overweight and Obesity According to Cigarette Smoking Status Among African American and White Women

Variables African American
White
Normal Overweight Obese
Trend Test Normal Overweight Obese
Trend Test
Class I Class II Class III Class I Class II Classm
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Never Smoker 1.00 1.00
Smoking Status
 Former 0.92 (0.81 1.05) 1.03 (0.90 1.17) 1.01 (0.88 1.16) 1.04 (0.91 1.20) 0.08 1.06 (0.88 1.28) 1.14 (0.94 1.37) 0.98 (0.80 1.21) 1.18 (0.96 1.45) 0.18
 Current 0.59 (0.54 0.65) 0.42 (0.38 0.46) 0.31 (0.27 0.34) 0.21 (0.19 0.24) 0.01 0.59 (0.50 0.70) 0.42 (0.36 0.50) 0.28 (0.23 0.34) 0.22 (0.18 0.27) 0.01
Age of Smoking Onset
 < 18 0.54 (0.48 0.61) 0.38 (0.34 0.43) 0.30 (0.26 0.34) 0.19 (0.16 0.22) 0.01 0.58 (0.48 0.70) 0.42 (0.35 0.51) 0.27 (0.22 0.34) 0.21 (0.17 0.27) 0.01
 ≥18 0.65 (0.58 0.73) 0.45 (0.39 0.50) 0.32 (0.27 0.36) 0.24 (0.21 0.28) 0.01 0.63 (0.51 0.78) 0.41 (0.33 0.51) 0.28 (0.22 0.37) 0.25 (0.19 0.33) 0.01
Smoking Usage
 0 < & ≤20 0.59 (0.53 0.65) 0.42 (0.38 0.46) 0.30 (0.27 0.34) 0.22 (0.19 0.24) 0.01 0.60 (0.50 0.71) 0.40 (0.33 0.48) 0.28 (0.23 0.35) 0.22 (0.18 0.28) 0.01
 >20 0.67 (0.51 0.87) 0.33 (0.25 0.45) 0.34 (0.25 0.47) 0.17 (0.12 0.25) 0.01 0.60 (0.47 0.77) 0.47 (0.37 0.61) 0.27 (0.20 0.37) 0.23 (0.17 0.32) 0.01

Notes.

Adjusted variables: Age-group, education level, employment status, annual household income, marital status, health insurance, depression, and total physical activity.