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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Jan 31;186:257–263. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.11.027

Table 3.

The Effect of Low Perceived Harm and Addictiveness on E-cigarette Initiation (Multilevel Discrete-time Hazard Models)

Perceived Harm
Model 1
Perceived Harm with Interaction
Model 2
Perceived Addictiveness
Model 3
Perceived Addictiveness with Interaction
Model 4
Covariate Parameter Estimate Odds Ratio (95% CI) Parameter Estimate Odds Ratio (95% CI) Parameter Estimate Odds Ratio (95% CI) Parameter Estimate Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Period 1 −3.54 0.03*** (0.01 – 0.10) −3.68 0.03*** (0.01 – 0.09) −3.81 0.02*** (0.01 – 0.08) −3.89 0.02*** (0.01 – 0.07)
Period 2 −3.85 0.02*** (0.01 – 0.08) −4.00 0.02*** (0.01 – 0.07) −4.12 0.02*** (0.00 – 0.06) −4.21 0.01*** (0.00 – 0.05)
Period 3 −3.78 0.02*** (0.01 – 0.08) −3.93 0.02*** (0.01 – 0.07) −4.05 0.02*** (0.00 – 0.06) −4.13 0.02*** (0.00 – 0.06)
Period 4 −4.52 0.01*** (0.00 – 0.04) −4.67 0.01*** (0.00 – 0.04) −4.79 0.01*** (0.00 – 0.03) −4.87 0.01*** (0.00 – 0.03)
Perceived harm (T-1) 0.06 1.06 (0.95 – 1.18) .12 1.13* (1.00 – 1.27) -- -- -- --
Perceived addictiveness (T-1) -- -- -- -- 0.23 1.26** (1.08 – 1.46) 0.30 1.34*** (1.14 – 1.58)
Current Cigarette Use x Perceived harm (T-1) -- -- −0.37 0.69* (0.51 –0.92) -- -- -- --
Current Cigarette Use x Perceived Addictiveness (T-1) -- -- -- -- -- -- −0.41 0.67* (0.45 –0.99)
Age 0.02 1.02 (0.97 – 1.08) 0.02 1.02 (0.97 – 1.08) 0.02 1.02 (0.97 – 1.08) 0.02 1.02 (0.97 – 1.08)
Sex −0.12 0.89 (0.73 – 1.09) −0.11 0.89 (0.73 – 1.09) −0.12 0.89 (0.73 – 1.08) −0.13 0.88 (0.72 –1.07)
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White (ref) -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00
 Hispanic/Latino 0.34 1.41** (1.10 – 1.79) 0.34 1.40** (1.10 – 1.79) 0.31 1.36 (1.07 – 1.74) 0.31 1.36* (1.07 – 1.73)
 African- American 0.03 1.03 (0.69 – 1.53) 0.04 1.04 (0.70 – 1.55) 0.00 1.00 (0.67 – 1.49) 0.00 1.00 (0.67 – 1.49)
 Asian 0.08 1.08 (0.82 – 1.42) 0.10 1.10 (0.84 – 1.45) 0.05 1.05 (0.80 – 1.39) 0.05 1.05 (0.80 – 1.39)
 Other 0.31 1.36 (0.94 – 1.97 0.32 1.38 (0.95 – 2.00) 0.30 1.35 (0.93 – 1.95) 0.30 1.36 (0.93 – 1.97)
School level −0.05 .95 (0.64 – 1.42) −0.06 0.95 (0.63 – 1.41) −0.06 0.95 (0.63 – 1.41) −0.07 0.94 (0.63 – 1.40)
Current Cigarette Use 1.05 2.84*** (2.09 – 3.86) 1.85 6.39*** (3.21 – 12.73) 1.03 2.80*** (2.06 – 3.80) 1.79 5.99*** (2.70 – 13.26)
Other Tobacco
 None (ref) -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00
 1 product 1.08 2.93*** (2.21 – 3.89) 1.09 2.98*** (2.25 – 3.96) 1.07 2.92*** (2.20 – 3.87) 1.06 2.90*** (2.18 – 3.84)
 2+ products 1.30 3.69*** (2.12 – 6.44) 1.40 4.04*** (2.31 – 7.05) 1.30 3.65*** (2.09 – 6.38) 1.33 3.80*** (2.18 – 6.61)
Other Substances
 None (ref) -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00
 1 substance 0.92 2.53*** (2.03 – 3.15) 0.93 2.53*** (2.03 – 3.15) 0.91 2.49*** (2.00 – 3.11) 0.91 2.50*** (2.00 – 3.11)
 2 substances 1.21 3.35*** (2.38 – 4.73) 1.21 3.35*** (2.37 – 4.71) 1.19 3.27*** (2.32 – 4.61) 1.19 3.31*** (2.35 – 4.66)
*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001

Bolded indicates statistical significance, p<.05