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. 2016 Aug 31;16(1):908. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3583-y

Table 3.

A generalized linear mixed model: association between participant’s characteristics and smoking cessation by chronic disease in men

Smoking cessation
Having no chronic disease Having chronic disease
OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI
Age (years)
 18–44 1.000 1.000
 45–64 1.244 0.845 1.832 0.964 0.650 1.429
  ≥65 2.754 1.184 6.406 1.223 0.740 2.002
Marital status
 Never married 1.000 1.000
 Married 1.688 1.080 2.576 2.963 1.571 5.59 0
 Widowed/ divorced/ separated 0.611 0.176 2.125 2.523 1.124 5.665
Health insurance type
 NHI 1.000 1.000
 Medical aid 0.443 0.051 3.867 0.908 0.487 1.693
Residential area
 Metropolitan area 1.000 1.000
 Others 0.938 0.682 1.288 1.004 0.752 1.340
Education
  ≤ Middle school 1.000 1.000
 High school 2.133 1.006 4.520 0.923 0.635 1.341
  ≥ College 2.187 1.005 4.763 1.243 0.810 1.907
Income level
 Low 1.000 1.000
 Middle 0.911 0.605 1.373 1.136 0.823 1.568
 High 1.178 0.775 1.789 1.082 0.743 1.577
Job
 No 1.000 1.000
 Yes 1.262 0.788 2.002 0.898 0.640 1.262
BMI
  <23 1.000 1.000
  ≥23 1.597 1.161 2.196 1.525 1.154 2.016
Drinking frequency
 Never 1.000 1.000
 Monthly or less 0.971 0.558 1.689 1.192 0.787 1.804
 2 to 4 times a month 0.934 0.552 1.581 0.846 0.562 1.27 4
 2 to 3 times a week 0.455 0.259 0.800 0.795 0.529 1.196
 4 or more times a week 0.381 0.189 0.766 0.537 0.337 0.856
Year
 2010 0.812 0.588 1.120 0.435 0.330 0.572
 2011 0.901 0.653 1.242 0.713 0.556 0.913
 2012 1.000 1.000