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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2017 Dec 6;79:32–38. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.12.008

Table 2.

The odds ratios for any of the suicide related behaviors (intentional self-injury and/or suicide ideation) at age 22 according to tobacco use behavior in a population-based sample of twins.

Model 1
(Adjusted for age and sex)
Model 2
(Adjusted for age, sex, baseline school
achievement, depression, impulsivity,
alcohol, and parental education)
Age of regular tobacco use initiation (n=674 females)3 OR 95%CI p-value AOR 95%CI p-value
Never 1.00 1.00
Late onset tobacco use1 1.79 1.23,2.60 .002 1.92 1.27,2.92 .002
Early onset tobacco use2 3.53 1.67,7.45 .001 3.97 1.73,9.13 .001
Cigarette smoking at baseline (n=1265) OR 95%CI p-value AOR 95%CI p-value
Never 1.00 1.00
Experimenting 1.30 0.59,1.76 .091 1.33 0.96,1.85 .090
Occasional 1.23 0.64,2.37 .535 1.42 0.67,3.00 .365
Daily 1.79 1.06,3.01 .029 2.13 1.12,4.07 .022
1

Late-onset tobacco use = ≥ 14 years of age

2

Early–onset tobacco use = <14 years of age

3

Sex interaction: Likelihood-ratio test LR chi2 (2) = 7.08; p=.029