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. 2017 Apr 24;51:36. doi: 10.1590/S1518-8787.2017051006283

Table 2. Univariate analysis of factors associated with occasional and regular tobacco consumption in students from public schools in the countryside of Goiás, in the Midwest region of Brazil.

Variable Total Lifetime tobacco consumption Unadjusted PR Regular tobacco consumption Unadjusted PR





(n = 701)a n % 95%CI pb n % 95%CI Pb
Age (years)                  
≤ 14 260 33 12.7 1.00       - -
15–17 160 43 26.9 2.11 (1.40–3.18) 0.000 10 6.2 1.00  
≥ 18 281 158 56.2 4.43 (3.16–6.19) 0.000 37 13.2 5.53 (2.79–10.94) 0.000
Gender                  
Female 363 102 28.1 1.00   16 4.4 1.00  
Male 338 132 39.1 1.38 (1.12–1.71) 0.002 31 9.2 2.08 (1.15–3.73) 0.014
Children                  
No 557 155 27.8 1.00   30 4.5 1.00  
Yes 144 79 54.9 1.97 (1.61–2.40) 0.000 17 11.8 2.19 (1.24–3.86) 0.007
Skin color                  
White 236 75 31.8 1.00   17 7.2 1.00  
Non-white 465 159 34.2 1.07 (0.85–1.34) 0.525 30 6.5 0.89 (0.50–1.59) 0.707
Family nucleus                  
Family 673 217 32.2 1.00   45 6.7 1.00  
Friends/Alone 28 17 60.7 1.88 (1.37–2.58) 0.000 7 7.1 1.06 (0.27–4.18) 0.925
Religion                  
Yes 611 195 31.9 1.00   34 5.6 1.00  
No 90 39 43.3 1.35 (1.04–1.76) 0.023 13 14.4 2.59 (1.42–4.72) 0.002
Practices physical activity                  
Yes 361 108 29.9 1.00   22 6.1 1.00  
No 340 126 37.1 1.23 (1.00–1.52) 0.046 25 7.4 1.20 (0.69–2.09) 0.506
Family APGAR                  
Good functionality 537 28.5 28.5 1.00   26 4.8 1.00  
Moderate dysfunction 118 47 39.5 1.39 (1.07–1.81) 0.011 12 10.2 2.10 (1.09–4.04) 0.026
High dysfunction 46 34 73.9 2.59 (2.08–3.22) 0.000 9 19.2 4.04 (2.01–8.10) 0.000
Father or mother smokes                  
No 271 55 20.3 1.00   6 2.2 1.00  
Yes 419 175 41.8 2.05 (1.58–2.67) 0.000 40 9.5 4.31 (1.85–10.00) 0.001

a Number of valid responses.

b Wald Chi-Squared test.