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. 2019 Apr 22;179(6):777–785. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0192

Table 3. Association of Cumulative Disadvantage Index and Survey Year With Smoking Status Among 278 048 Respondents, 2008 to 2017.

No. of Disadvantages Association of Cumulative Disadvantage With Smoking Status Collapsed Across Survey Years, OR (95% CI)a Time Trend Analysis for Association With Current vs Never Smoking Statusb
Current vs Never Smoker Current vs Former Smoker Former vs Never Smoker Disadvantage × Survey Year Interaction Variable, P Valuec,d,e Survey Year Variable Stratified by Disadvantage Status, OR (95% CI)c,e
0 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 0.95 (0.94-0.96)f
1 2.34 (2.27-2.43)f 1.82 (1.75-1.88)f 1.29 (1.25-1.33)f .03f 0.96 (0.95-0.97)f
2 3.55 (3.39-3.72)f 2.58 (2.44-2.73)f 1.38 (1.32-1.43)f <.001f 0.98 (0.97-0.99)f
3 5.35 (5.05-5.66)f 3.52 (3.31-3.75)f 1.52 (1.43-1.61)f .001f 0.99 (0.97-1.01)
4 8.59 (7.91-9.34)f 4.79 (4.33-5.30)f 1.79 (1.60-2.01)f .002f 1.00 (0.97-1.03)
5 or 6 14.70 (12.30-17.50)f 7.12 (5.80-8.74)f 2.06 (1.61-2.64)f .69 0.96 (0.90-1.04)

Abbreviation: OR, odds ratio.

a

Association between regressor and respective smoking status pairwise contrast in multivariable polytomous regression models that included the respective disadvantage variable and with adjustment for sex, race/ethnicity, age, survey year, and region weighted to the US population.

b

Time trend analysis of footnote a.

c

Year treated as a 10-level continuous variable (2008-2017).

d

Interaction term added in subsequent model; all other results are from models that excluded interaction term.

e

Total number of the following disadvantages faced: unemployed, poverty, low education, disability/limitation, serious psychological distress, and heavy drinking. The Methods section gives the operational definition of each form of disadvantage. The eMethods in the Supplement describes disability/limitation.

f

Statistically significant after Benjamini-Hochberg correction to maintain studywise false discovery rate at 0.05.