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. 2015 Apr 20;17(10):1187–1194. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntv078

Table 2.

E-cigarette Users: Baseline Predictors of Using a Cigalike Versus Tank E-cigarette at Follow-up (N = 587)a

Variable Bivariate Multivariable
N % using tank OR b LCI UCI P OR LCI UCI P
Gender
 Male 309 22.33 1.00 1.00 1.00 ref 1.00 1.00 1.00 ref
 Female 278 25.18 1.17 0.80 1.71 .4176 1.12 0.75 1.67 .5744
Age
 18–24 56 14.29 1.00 1.00 1.00 ref 1.00 1.00 1.00 ref
 25–39 183 19.67 1.47 0.64 3.38 .3649 1.77 0.75 4.16 .1900
 40–54 188 27.66 2.29 1.02 5.18 .0455 2.41 1.05 5.52 .0378
 ≥55 160 26.88 2.21 0.97 5.04 .0606 2.16 0.92 5.08 .0774
Education
 Low 187 33.69 1.00 1.00 1.00 ref 1.00 1.00 1.00 ref
 Moderate 233 22.32 0.57 0.37 0.87 .0098 0.57 0.37 0.88 .0118
 High 167 14.37 0.33 0.20 0.56 <.0001 0.36 0.21 0.63 .0003
Income
 Low 330 25.15 1.00 1.00 1.00 ref 1.00 1.00 1.00 ref
 Moderate 144 24.31 0.96 0.61 1.51 .8447 1.24 0.76 2.01 .3849
 High 72 15.28 0.54 0.27 1.07 .0764 0.83 0.40 1.72 .6160
 No answer 41 24.39 0.96 0.45 2.04 .9155 0.93 0.43 2.02 .8496
Strength of urges to smokec
 0—no urge 21 28.57 1.08 0.90 1.30 .4192 1.05 0.87 1.28 .602
 1 61 26.23
 2 267 22.10
 3 172 21.51
 4 45 24.44
 5—strong urges 21 47.62
Motivation to stop smoking
 No motivation to stop in next 3 months 427 25.53 1.00 1.00 1.00 ref 1.00 1.00 1.00 ref
 Motivation to stop in next 3 months 160 18.75 0.67 0.43 1.06 .0868 0.75 0.47 1.21 .2343
Any e-cigarette use
 No e-cigarette use 328 25.61 1.00 1.00 1.00 ref 1.00 1.00 1.00 ref
 E-cigarette use 259 21.24 0.78 0.53 1.15 .2163 0.81 0.54 1.22 .3052

LCI = lower 95% confidence interval; UCI = upper 95% confidence interval.

aBold indicates significant at P < .05.

b OR = odds ratio.

cContinuous variable.