Table 1.
Association between sociodemographics and time period with smoking status and number of cigarettes consumed per day
| Smoking status | Cigarettes per day | ||||||||
| Current versus never smoker | Recent/past versus never smoker | ||||||||
| OR | p Value | 95% CI | OR | p Value | 95% CI | OR* | p Value | 95% CI | |
| Age | |||||||||
| 16–54 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| 55–59 | 0.92 | <0.001 | 0.88 to 0.97 | 1.79 | <0.001 | 1.70 to 1.89 | 1.80 | <0.001 | 1.68 to 1.93 |
| 60–64 | 0.71 | <0.001 | 0.68 to 0.75 | 2.19 | <0.001 | 2.09 to 2.29 | 1.91 | <0.001 | 1.79 to 2.04 |
| 65–69 | 0.62 | <0.001 | 0.59 to 0.66 | 2.65 | <0.001 | 2.53 to 2.78 | 1.79 | <0.001 | 1.66 to 1.92 |
| 70–74 | 0.42 | <0.001 | 0.39 to 0.44 | 2.41 | <0.001 | 2.30 to 2.53 | 1.51 | <0.001 | 1.39 to 1.64 |
| 75–79 | 0.29 | <0.001 | 0.27 to 0.31 | 2.35 | <0.001 | 2.23 to 2.48 | 1.18 | 0.001 | 1.07 to 1.30 |
| 80–84 | 0.21 | <0.001 | 0.19 to 0.23 | 2.44 | <0.001 | 2.29 to 2.60 | 0.94 | 0.330 | 0.82 to 1.07 |
| 85+ | 0.13 | <0.001 | 0.12 to 0.15 | 2.36 | <0.001 | 2.19 to 2.54 | 0.73 | 0.001 | 0.61 to 0.89 |
| p Value for trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Men | 1.34 | <0.001 | 1.31 to 1.37 | 1.39 | <0.001 | 1.35 to 1.43 | 1.49 | <0.000 | 1.44 to 1.54 |
| Women | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Social grade | |||||||||
| AB | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| C1 | 1.56 | <0.001 | 1.50 to 1.63 | 1.00 | 0.897 | 0.97 to 1.04 | 1.03 | 0.416 | 0.96 to 1.09 |
| C2 | 2.40 | <0.001 | 2.31 to 2.50 | 1.09 | <0.001 | 1.05 to 1.14 | 1.31 | <0.001 | 1.23 to 1.39 |
| D | 2.88 | <0.001 | 2.76 to 3.00 | 0.97 | 0.156 | 0.92 to 1.01 | 1.31 | <0.001 | 1.23 to 1.40 |
| E | 4.72 | <0.001 | 4.52 to 4.92 | 0.96 | 0.078 | 0.92 to 1.00 | 1.62 | <0.001 | 1.53 to 1.72 |
| p Value for trend | <0.001 | 0.008 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Survey years | |||||||||
| 2006–2008 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| 2009–2010 | 0.88 | <0.001 | 0.86 to 0.91 | 0.90 | <0.001 | 0.86 to 0.94 | 0.86 | <0.001 | 0.82 to 0.90 |
| 2011–2012 | 0.88 | <0.001 | 0.86 to 0.91 | 1.14 | <0.001 | 1.10 to 1.19 | 0.64 | <0.001 | 0.61 to 0.68 |
| 2013–2015 | 0.80 | <0.001 | 0.77 to 0.83 | 1.26 | <0.001 | 1.22 to 1.31 | 0.55 | <0.001 | 0.52 to 0.58 |
| p Value for trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
*Ordered logistic regression with the following outcomes: 10 or fewer cigarettes per day, 11–20 cigarettes per day, and 21 or more cigarettes per day.