Table 7.

Factors associated with current smoking among health professional students, University of Health Sciences, Lao PDR

	N	Per cent	Adjusted OR	95% CI	p Value
Sex					<0.001
Male	22	11.5	1	0.013 to 0.242
Female	3	1.0	0.056
Age
≤24 years	20	4.9	1	0.203 to 2.615	0.628
≥25 years	4	5.2	0.729
Attitudes towards smoking (X+SD)	23	12.69+1.55	1.147	0.855 to 1.513	0.377
Receiving training on the dangers of smoking
No	5	4.5	1
Yes	20	5.3	0.806	0.255 to 2.545	0.713
Exposure to SES in the home during the past 7 days
No	8	2.7	1	0.96 to 1.86	0.084
Yes	17	8.4	1.34

PDR, People's Democratic Republic; SES, socio-economic status.