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. 2017 May 16;62(8):879–887. doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-0977-2

Table 3.

Association of perceived ethnic discrimination with smoking behaviours in ethnic minority groups in the HELIUS study, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2011–2015

Outcome variable Total samplea Ethnicity
South-Asian Surinamese African Surinamese Ghanaian Turkish Moroccan
Current smoking
 Model 1b 1.09 (1.04–1.15) 1.00 (0.90–1.11) 1.23 (1.13–1.34) 1.03 (0.80–1.33) 1.05 (0.96–1.16) 1.01 (0.90–1.14)
 Model 2c 1.02 (0.97–1.07) 0.94 (0.85–1.05) 1.16 (1.06–1.27) 0.98 (0.75–1.29) 0.97 (0.88–1.06) 0.93 (0.82–1.05)
Heavy smoking/smokers
 Model 1 1.06 (0.98–1.16) 1.17 (0.99–1.38) 1.09 (0.94–1.25) 2.09 (1.09–4.00) 0.90 (0.77–1.06) 0.99 (0.78–1.27)
 Model 2 1.05 (0.97–1.15) 1.17 (0.99–1.39) 1.09 (0.93–1.26) 2.12 (0.99–4.55) 0.89 (0.76–1.05) 0.93 (0.72–1.21)
Nicotine dependence/smokers
 Model 1 1.25 (1.15–1.35) 1.24 (1.05–1.46) 1.42 (1.22–1.64) 1.40 (0.73–2.70) 1.12 (0.97–1.30) 1.21 (0.97–1.51)
 Model 2 1.18 (1.09–1.28) 1.19 (1.00–1.42) 1.34 (1.15–1.57) 1.28 (0.57–2.86) 1.06 (0.91–1.16) 1.12 (0.89–1.41)

a p values for interaction between perceived ethnic discrimination and ethnicity in the total sample of ethnic minority groups, based on fully adjusted models: current smoking p = 0.02, heavy smoking p = 0.11, nicotine dependence p = 0.25

bModel 1 adjusted for ethnicity (in total sample only), age, and sex

cModel 2 adjusted for age, sex, marital status, educational level, employment status and other, and psychosocial stressors (negative life events and feeling distressed at home)