Table 3.
Associations Between Maternal History of Childhood Adversity and Next-Generation Youth Smoking
| Youth smokers vs. nonsmokers and adult initiators (N = 6596) | ||
|---|---|---|
| aRR a (95% CI) | Wald p value for interaction by race/ ethnicity | |
| Physical abuse | 1.20 (1.10, 1.32)*** | .22 |
| Household alcohol abuse | 1.17 (1.08, 1.27)*** | .70 |
| Household mental illness | 1.01 (0.89, 1.15) | .30 |
aRR = adjusted risk ratio; CI = confidence interval.
***p < .001.
aLog-linear regressions adjusted for mothers’ education, growing up in the south, growing up in an urban area, being born outside the United States, birth decade, and race/ethnicity.