Table 1.

Tobacco in a Changing Media Environment (TCME) Transgender and Cisgender Population Characteristics (N=17,332)

Population characteristics self-reported	Transgender (N=168)			Cisgender (N=17,164)			F test
	N	%	CI	N	%	CI	p-value
Gender
Male	89	49.6	[37.0–62.1]	7,640	48.0	[46.8–49.2]	0.81
Female	79	50.4	[37.9–63.0]	9,524	52.0	[50.8–53.2]
Sexual identity
Heterosexual	117	83.4	[74.2–92.6]	16,085	95.2	[94.7–95.7]	<0.0001
Gay	8	3.2	[0.5–6.0]	325	2.0	[1.6–2.3]
Lesbian	10	7.9	[0.0–16.3]	175	0.8	[0.6–0.9]
Bisexual	14	5.5	[2.1–8.9]	419	2.1	[1.7–2.4]
Other or missing	19	10.5	[2.6–18.4]	160	1.0	[0.7–1.2]
Age
18–24	16	6.2	[2.7–9.7]	1,239	9.8	[9.0–10.6]	0.01
25–44	74	31.2	[20.0–42.4]	4,830	34.5	[33.3–35.6]
45–64	63	53.8	[41.6–66.1]	7,207	38.2	[37.1–39.4]
65+	15	8.8	[3.6–14.0]	3,888	17.5	[16.7–18.4]
Race or ethnicity
White	97	50.9	[38.3–63.4]	13,695	68.4	[67.3–69.6]	0.02
Black	23	22.5	[11.4–33.6]	1,266	11.3	[10.4–12.1]
Hispanic/Latino	38	19.9	[10.8–29.0]	1,194	13.4	[12.5–14.3]
Other	10	6.8	[0.0–14.2]	1,009	6.9	[6.3–7.6]
Household income
Less than $25,000	48	28.2	[16.9–39.6]	3,620	18.5	[17.6–19.4]	0.22
$25,000 to $49,999	35	19.8	[10.0–29.5]	4,659	23.7	[22.7–24.7]
$50,000 to $84,999	43	21.9	[11.9–31.9]	4,658	28.3	[27.3–29.4]
$85,000 or more	42	30.1	[18.2–42.0]	4,227	29.4	[28.4–30.5]
Education
Less than high school graduate	17	12.2	[4.7–19.7]	661	6.6	[5.9–7.2]	0.28
High school graduate	38	38.8	[25.7–51.9]	3,817	36.1	[34.9–37.3]
Some college	60	28.7	[18.3–39.2]	6,222	31.2	[30.2–32.3]
Bachelor degree	27	10.6	[2.8–18.4]	4,028	15.9	[15.1–16.7]
Any post college	26	9.7	[4.8–14.6]	2,436	10.3	[9.6–10.9]
Current (past 30-day) tobacco use
Any cigarettes/e-cigarettes/cigars	122	39.7	[29.5–50.8]	7,289	25.1	[24.2–26.0]	0.003
Cigarettes (yes)	113	35.5	[26.1–46.1]	6,451	20.7	[19.9–21.5]	0.001
Cigars (yes)	79	26.8	[19.0–36.4]	2,506	9.3	[8.8–9.9]	<0.0001
E-cigarettes	69	21.3	[15.1–29.1]	1,528	5	[4.6–5.4]	<0.0001

Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance controlling for false discovery rate at p<0.05 for 10 hypothesis tests