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. 2014 Dec 5;17(9):1067–1075. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntu250

Table 3.

Associations With Child Salivary Cotinine Concentration (Natural Log-Transformed, Mean of Four Samples Collected Within 1 Week) and Air Nicotine Concentrations (Natural Log-Transformed, in the Major Activity Room and Child’s Bedroom), Unstandardized Coefficients (b) and 95% Confidence Intervals

Salivary cotinine
Independent variables Model A Model B Model C
Demographic and smoking
 Asthma/RAD −0.20 (−0.47, 0.08) −0.23 (−0.50, 0.05) −0.16 (−0.43, 0.11)
 Caregiver education −0.26 (−0.53, 0.02) −0.25 (−0.53, 0.04) −0.18 (−0.46, 0.09)
 Smoking caregiver 0.36 (0.09, 0.64)* 0.35 (0.08, 0.63)* 0.36 (0.09, 0.63)*
 Number of smokers in home 0.16 (0.03, 0.30)* 0.17 (0.04, 0.31)* 0.14 (0.00, 0.27)*
General psychosocial
 Caregiver depressive symptoms 0.32 (0.03, 0.60)*
 Caregiver stress −0.05 (−0.10, 0.00)
 Family routines (frequency) 0.01 (−0.02, 0.04)
 Family routines (importance) −0.02 (−0.05, 0.01)
SHSe beliefs
 Self-efficacy −0.02 (−0.04, −0.00)*
 Importance 0.02 (−0.01, 0.05)
 Intent −0.03 (−0.06, −0.01)*
 Outcome expectancies −0.01 (−0.02, 0.00)
R 2 0.09 0.11 0.14
Extra sums of squares test ΔR 2 = 0.03; F(4) = 2.02, p = .09 ΔR 2 = 0.05; F(4) = 4.14, p < .01
Air nicotine—activity room Model A Model B Model C
Demographic and smoking
 Asthma/RAD −0.30 (−0.87, 0.27) −0.33 (−0.92, 0.24) −0.17 (−0.73, 0.38)
 Caregiver education −0.42 (−0.99, 0.16) −0.34 (−0.94, 0.25) −0.23 (−0.79, 0.34)
 Smoking caregiver 0.52 (−0.06, 1.09) 0.48 (−0.10, 1.06) 0.46 (−0.10, 1.02)
 Number of smokers in home 0.29 (0.01, 0.57) 0.28 (0.00, 0.56)* 0.21 (−0.06, 0.48)
General psychosocial
 Caregiver depressive symptoms 0.47 (−0.13, 1.06)
 Caregiver stress −0.01 (−0.12, 0.10)
 Family routines (frequency) 0.01 (−0.06, 0.08)
 Family routines (importance) 0.01 (−0.05, 0.07)
SHSe beliefs
 Self-efficacy −0.07 (−0.11, −0.02)**
 Importance 0.02 (−0.04, 0.08)
 Intent −0.08 (−0.14, −0.02)**
 Outcome expectancies −0.02 (−0.03, 0.01)
R 2 0.05 0.06 0.14
Extra sums of squares test ΔR 2 = 0.01; F(4) = 0.94, p = .44 ΔR 2 = 0.09; F(4) = 7.04, p < .0001
Air nicotine—bedroom Model A Model B Model C
Demographic and smoking
 Asthma/RAD −0.28 (−0.83, 0.27) −0.31 (−0.87, 0.24) −0.20 (−0.73, 0.34)
 Caregiver education −0.57 (−1.11, −0.02)* −0.57 (−1.14, 0.00) −0.44 (−0.99, 0.10)
 Smoking caregiver 0.66 (0.11, 1.21)* 0.62 (0.06, 1.18)* 0.60 (0.06, 1.14)*
 Number of smokers in home 0.42 (0.16, 0.69)** 0.42 (0.16, 0.69)** 0.37 (0.11, 0.63)**
General psychosocial
 Caregiver depressive symptoms 0.39 (−0.18, 0.96)
 Caregiver stress −0.02 (−0.12, 0.09)
 Family routines (frequency) −0.02 (−0.08, 0.04)
 Family routines (importance) 0.02 (−0.03, 0.08)
SHSe beliefs
 Self-efficacy −0.07 (−0.12, −0.03)**
 Importance 0.02 (−0.04, 0.07)
 Intent −0.06 (−0.11, 0.00)
 Outcome expectancies −0.00 (−0.02, 0.02)
R 2 0.09 0.10 0.17
Extra sums of squares test ΔR 2 = 0.01; F(4) = 0.66, p = .62 ΔR 2 = 0.08; F(4) = 5.92, p < .0001

Note. RAD = reactive airway disease; SHSe = secondhand smoke exposure. Salivary cotinine outcome represents mean of two samples obtained at time of baseline questionnaire completion. Model A: demographic and smoking block; Model B: demographic and smoking block + general psychosocial block; Model C: demographic and smoking block + SHSe beliefs block.

*p < .05; **p < .01.