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. 2015 Oct;105(10):2143–2149. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302444

TABLE 3—

Odds Ratio of Quit Attempts by Intervention Type and Patient Characteristics: 10 New York City Community Health Centers, 2009–2012

Variable OR (95% CI)
Intervention for smokers
 Counseling only 0.9 (0.8, 1.1)
 Medication only 1.9 (1.5, 2.3)
 Both 1.8 (1.5, 2.3)
 Fax-to-quit 1.2 (0.8, 1.8)
 No intervention (Ref) 1.0
Gender
 Female 2.2 (1.7, 2.8)
 Male (Ref) 1.0
Age group
 18–34 (Ref) 1.0
 35–65 1.8 (1.4, 2.2)
  ≥ 65 3.0 (1.9, 4.7)
Gender × age
 Female: 35–64 y 0.5 (0.4, 0.7)
 Female: ≥ 65 y 0.4 (0.2, 0.8)
Daily smokers
 Yes 0.6 (0.5, 0.7)
 Missing 0.7 (0.5, 1.0)
 No (Ref) 1.0
Number of cigarettes
 1–5 (Ref) 1.0
 6–10 0.7 (0.6, 0.8)
 11–20 0.5 (0.4, 0.7)
 21–30 0.4 (0.3, 0.6)
 ≥ 31 0.4 (0.2, 0.7)
 Missing 0.9 (0.6, 1.4)
Insurancea
 Commercial 1.9 (1.6, 2.2)
 Self-pay 1.5 (1.2, 1.9)
 Medicaid 1.5 (1.3, 1.8)
 Medicare 1.5 (1.1, 1.9)
Community health center
 A 0.4 (0.3, 0.6)
 B 1.3 (1.0, 1.6)
 C 0.7 (0.5, 1.2)
 D 1.4 (1.0, 1.8)
 E (Ref) 1.0
 F 0.8 (0.6, 1.2)
 G 0.8 (0.6, 1.0)
 H 1.5 (1.0, 2.2)
 I 1.1 (0.8, 1.5)
 J 1.9 (1.4, 2.5)

Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio. The sample size was n = 1191.

a

Reference for each insurance type is group without that insurance type.