Table 3.
Associations between demographics, smoking behavior, asthma status, and past-30-day use of electronic cigarettes by metropolitan status.
| Metro | Non-metro | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | % ever used |
AOR (95% CI) | % ever used |
AOR (95% CI) |
| Age | -- | 0.88 (0.82, 0.94) | -- | 0.90 (0.81, 1.00) |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 2.1% | 0.57 (0.46, 0.71) | 3.3% | 0.61 (0.44, 0.84) |
| Male | 4.2% | 1.00 | 6.1% | 1.00 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 3.9% | 1.00 | 5.4% | 1.00 |
| Hispanic | 3.5% | 1.13 (0.88, 1.45) | 4.3% | 0.89 (0.63, 1.25) |
| Native American | 8.5% | 1.94 (1.09, 3.44) | 8.1% | 1.28 (0.46, 3.54) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 2.7% | 0.91 (0.42, 1.95) | 2.2% | 0.66 (0.23, 1.86) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1.3% | 0.63 (0.42, 0.95) | 2.8% | 0.73 (0.43, 1.25) |
| Other | 3.5% | 0.97 (0.59, 1.57) | 5.8% | 1.17 (0.59, 2.31) |
| Days smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days | ||||
| None | 1.0% | 1.00 | 1.3% | 1.00 |
| 1–2 days | 9.8% | 9.03 (6.40, 12.75) | 12.0% | 9.60 (6.13, 15.03) |
| 3–5 days | 14.0% | 14.14 (9.11, 21.93) | 15.9% | 10.96 (5.88, 20.45) |
| 6–9 days | 12.3% | 15.18 (8.70, 26.49) | 16.1% | 14.14 (8.20, 24.38) |
| 10–19 days | 26.0% | 35.98 (23.86, 54.27) | 22.0% | 22.60 (14.21, 35.93) |
| 20–29 days | 24.5% | 32.33 (20.78, 50.32) | 22.9% | 16.09 (8.57, 30.20) |
| All 30 days | 41.4% | 62.53 (46.19, 84.65) | 38.3% | 48.28 (35.55, 65.56) |
| Asthma status# | ||||
| Never diagnosed | 2.5% | 1.00 | 3.5% | 1.00 |
| Diagnosed, currently having asthma | 5.1% | 1.55 (1.17, 2.05) | 9.5% | 2.20 (1.47, 3.31) |
| Diagnosed, currently not having asthma | 4.0% | 1.29 (0.99, 1.67) | 4.3% | 0.81 (0.50, 1.33) |
| Diagnosed, unsure about current status | 4.4% | 1.33 (0.91, 1.94) | 4.9% | 0.99 (0.60, 1.64) |
Adjusted for all variables in the table. Bolded estimates were statistically significant (p<0.05).
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Metro/nonmetro*asthma status interaction p=0.05.