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. 2014 Jun 15;189(12):1530–1537. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201404-0618OC

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics of Outcome Variables and GEE Results by Group over Time

  MI + Education Education Alone Parameter Estimate 95% Confidence Interval
Air nicotine, median (IQR)        
 Baseline 1.15 (0.24 to 2.92) 0.58 (0.08 to 2.01) 0.63 0.20 to 1.06
 3 mo 0.71 (022 to 1.88) 0.51 (0.06 to 1.72) −0.16 −0.5 to 0.17
 6 mo 0.75 (0.22 to 2.08) 0.52 (0.05 to 1.61) −0.07 −0.41 to 0.26
 12 mo 0.55 (0.07 to 1.37) 0.32 (0.04 to 1.50) −0.33 −0.67 to −0.01
Salivary cotinine, median (IQR)        
 Baseline 4.14 (1.18 to 7.51) 3.00 (1.34 to 6.26) 0.27 0.03 to 0.51
 3 mo 4.14 (1.63 to 6.97) 3.25 (1.24 to 6.42) −0.02 −0.21 to 0.17
 6 mo 3.61 (1.55 to 7.41) 3.05 (1.32 to 5.92) −0.11 −0.33 to 0.11
 12 mo 4.04 (2.14 to 7.17) 2.84 (1.38 to 6.07) −0.02 −0.26 to 0.22
Complete home smoking ban, n (%)        
 Baseline 34 (20.6) 47 (28.5) 0.65 0.39 to 1.08
 3 mo 46 (36.5) 49 (35.5) 1.72 1.05 to 2.80
 6 mo 43 (35.6) 57 (40.7) 1.38 0.81 to 2.37
 12 mo 44 (39.3) 57 (40.7) 1.48 0.85 to 2.60
Caregiver smoker status, n (%)        
 Baseline 122 (73.9) 110 (66.7) 1.42 0.88 to 2.28
 3 mo 83 (65.9) 85 (61.6) 0.51 0.27 to 0.94
 6 mo 76 (62.8) 88 (62.9) 0.71 0.36 to 1.40
 12 mo 68 (60.7) 84 (60.0) 0.42 0.51 to 0.83

Definition of abbreviations: GEE = generalized estimating equation; IQR = interquartile range; MI = motivational interviewing.