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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2018 May 31;32(4):410–414. doi: 10.1037/adb0000375

Table 2.

Pearson Correlation Coefficients for Dependence Scales by Smoker Type

CPD NDSS (T-score) FTND (without CPD item) PDM SDM HONC (proportion of items endorsed) Time to first cigarette (log-transformed)
Daily Smokers
CPD
NDSS (T-score)   0.47*
FTND (without CPD item)   0.36*   0.55*
PDM   0.43*   0.63*   0.45*
SDM   0.24*   0.58*   0.39*   0.75*
HONC (proportion of items endorsed)   0.25*   0.52*   0.35*   0.59*   0.51*
Time to first cigarette (log-transformed) −0.38* −0.45* −0.72* −0.38* −0.31* −0.19*

Intermittent Smokers
CPD
NDSS (T-score)   0.57*
FTND (without CPD item)   0.48*   0.51*
PDM   0.67*   0.67*   0.54*
SDM   0.37*   0.59*   0.20*   0.68*
HONC (proportion of items endorsed)   0.34*   0.48*   0.25*   0.60*   0.56*
Time to first cigarette (log-transformed) −0.37* −0.37* −0.82* −0.41* −0.11 −0.16*
*

p <.05

Acronym Key: CPD=cigarettes per day NDSS=Nicotine Dependence Syndrome Scale FTND=Fagerstrom Test of Nicotine Dependence PDM=Primary Dependence Scale SDM=Secondary Dependence Scale HONC=Hooked on Nicotine Checklist.