Table 3.
Odds ratios and 95 % CI of poor self-rated health of early and later smoking initiators
| Poor self-rated health | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude | CI | Model 1a | CI | Model 2b | CI | Model 3c | CI | Model 4d | CI | |
| Boys | ||||||||||
| Never smokers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Early initiators former smokers | 2.4 | 1.5–3.7 | 2.1 | 1.3–3.4 | 2.2 | 1.3–3.6 | 1.9 | 1.1–3.3 | 2.0 | 1.1–3.7 |
| Early initiators current smokers | 2.0 | 1.6–2.6 | 1.9 | 1.4–2.5 | 1.8 | 1.3–2.5 | 1.7 | 1.2–2.4 | 1.7 | 1.1–2.4 |
| Later initiators former smokers | 1.3 | 0.8–2.0 | 1.1 | 0.7–1.9 | 1.0 | 0.6–1.8 | 0.9 | 0.5–1.7 | 0.9 | 0.5–1.6 |
| Later initiators current smokers | 1.5 | 1.1–1.9 | 1.5 | 1.1–1.9 | 1.4 | 1.1–2.0 | 1.3 | 0.9–1.8 | 1.4 | 1.0–2.0 |
| Girls | ||||||||||
| Never smokers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Early initiators former smokers | 2.0 | 1.2–3.3 | 1.7 | 1.0–3.0 | 1.7 | 1.0–3.1 | 1.5 | 0.8–2.8 | 1.5 | 0.8–2.9 |
| Early initiators current smokers | 2.9 | 2.3–3.6 | 2.6 | 2.1–3.3 | 2.4 | 1.8–3.1 | 2.1 | 1.6–2.9 | 2.1 | 1.5–2.8 |
| Later initiators former smokers | 1.6 | 1.03–2.4 | 1.5 | 1.0–2.4 | 1.5 | 1.0–2.4 | 1.3 | 0.8–2.2 | 1.3 | 0.7–2.1 |
| Late initiators current smokers | 1.8 | 1.4–2.2 | 1.7 | 1.4–2.1 | 1.6 | 1.3–2.1 | 1.5 | 1.2–1.9 | 1.5 | 1.1–2.0 |
Crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95 % confidence interval (CI) of poor self-rated health by early (< 14 years) or late (≥ 14years) smoking initiation and current smoking status among second grade high school students, stratified by sex. The Scania public health survey among children and adolescents, 2012
aModel 1-adjusted for age, parental country of birth and parental employment
bModel 2-adjusted for model 1 and intense alcohol consumption and use of narcotic drugs last 12 months
cModel 3-adjusted for model 2 and not easy to talk to parents and not easy to friends if problems
dModel 4-adjusted for model 3 and weight and functional disability