Table 3.
Comorbid Lifetime Psychiatric Disorders and Psychosocial Functioning by Smoking Status
| Current Smokers (n = 60) |
Former Smokers (n = 137) |
Never Smokers (n = 199) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Perceived Stress | 21.2 (1.33) | 21.5 (1.13) | 20.6 (1.01) |
| BDI | 19.7 (1.27) | 17.4 (1.08) | 16.8 (0.96) |
| SF-36 | |||
| Mental health component | 39.7 (1.61) | 41.6 (1.37) | 42.6 (1.23) |
| Physical health component † | 37.5 (1.42) | 40.0 (1.21) | 41.1 (1.37) a |
| % meeting diagnostic criteria | |||
| Alcohol use disorders ‡ | 35.0 | 23.4 | 12.6 a, b |
| Substance use disorders ‡ | 50.0 | 33.6 | 16.1 |
| Mood disorder | 51.7 | 50.4 | 49.8 |
| Anxiety disorder | 45.0 | 46.0 | 35.7 a, b |
Notes. Age, sex, race/ethnicity, and education were included as covariates in the analyses of continuous variables.
†
= significant F- or Chi-square statistics at p < .05 and p < .01.
‡
= significant F- or Chi-square statistics at p < .05 and p < .01.
a
= significantly different from current smokers;
b
= significantly different from former smokers.