Table 5.
Results of Ordinal Regression for Hookah Smoking in Lifetime
| EXP(β) | Confidence interval | Significant level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health risks reduction of switching from cigarette to hookah | Not decreases | 2.12 | (1.24-3.61) | 0.006 |
| Decreases slightly | 2.8 | (1.51-5.51) | 0.001 | |
| reduces significantly | 1 | |||
| Gender | Male | 2.15 | (1.09-4.26) | 0.026 |
| Female | 1 | |||
| Social context of hookah smoking | 1.08 | (1.01-1.14) | 0.013 | |
| Negative attitude towards ban on cigarette and hookah smoking | 1.15 | (1.05- 1.26) | 0.001 | |
| Number of close friends who smoked hookah | 1.49 | (1.27-1.77) | <0.001 |