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. 2017 Nov 15;7(11):e018150. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018150

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.