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. 2017 Jul 24;18:48. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4579-y

Table 4.

Multivariate linear regression analyses for independent association of HFIAS score with individual, household and spatial explanatory factors

Model 1 Model 2
AOR (95% CI) p-value AOR (95% CI) p-value AOR (95% CI) p-value
Any tobacco use by women
 No Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 1.08 (0.99 1.18) 0.083 1.07 (0.99 1.16) 0.094 1.06 (0.98 1.14) 0.169
Women’s age
 15-25 Reference Reference Reference
 26-35 0.98 (0.86 1.11) 0.712 0.99 (0.87, 1.12) 0.892 0.99 (0.88 1.13) 0.963
 36-49 0.95 (0.83 1.10) 0.508 0.97 (0.84, 1.12) 0.699 0.97 (0.84 1.12) 0.662
Any tobacco use by men
 No Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 1.18 (1.10 1.27) <0.001 1.12 (1.05 1.20) 0.001 1.11 (1.04 1.19) 0.002
Men’s age
 15-25 Reference Reference Reference
 26-35 1.03 (0.96 1.12) 0.405 1.02 (0.95 1.10) 0.592 1.02 (0.95 1.09) 0.628
 36-49 1.04 (0.96, 1.13) 0.321 1.04 (0.96 1.13) 0.360 1.03 (0.94 1.12) 0.546
Men’s occupation
 Unemployed Reference Reference Reference
 Professional/service/business 1.05 (0.95 1.17) 0.345 1.05 (0.95 1.16) 0.354 1.03 (0.93 1.13) 0.601
 Agriculturist 0.84 (0.73 0.95) 0.010 0.89 (0.79 1.01) 0.077 0.91 (0.80 1.03) 0.131
 Manual workers 1.01 (0.94, 1.08) 0.845 0.90 (0.84 0.96) 0.002 0.94 (0.88 1.00) 0.060
Sex of the household head
 Female Reference Reference
 Male 0.97 (0.88 1.06) 0.489 0.96 (0.87 1.06) 0.400
Number of household members 1.01 (0.99 1.02) 0.196 1.01 (1.00 1.02) 0.103
Household wealth Index
 Poorest Reference Reference
 Poorer 0.57 (0.52 0.66) <0.001 0.52 (0.45 0.59) <0.001
 Middle 0.74 (0.66 0.83) <0.001 0.66 (0.58 0.74) <0.001
 Richer 0.80 (0.73 0.88) <0.001 0.74 (0.67 0.83) <0.001
 Richest 0.87 (0.80 0.95) 0.001 0.84 (0.77 0.93) <0.001
Type of place of residence
 Rural Reference
 Urban 0.92 (0.83 1.02) 0.108
Development region
 Eastern Reference
 Central 1.06 (0.96 1.17) 0.216
 western 1.18 (1.07 1.31) 0.001
 Midwestern 1.19 (1.08 1.32) 0.001
 Far western 1.22 (1.11 1.33) <0.001
Ecological region
 Terai (plains) Reference
 Hilly region 1.32 (1.17 1.49) <0.001
 Mountainous 1.15 (1.04 1.28) 0.009

Numbers in bold indicate significant associations