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

Table 4. Association of Each Form of Disadvantage With Smoking Status Among 278 048 Respondents, 2008 to 2017.

Disadvantage Association 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 Survey Year Variable Stratified by Disadvantage Status, OR (95% CI)c
Unemployed
No 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 0.96 (0.95-0.96)e
Yes 1.83 (1.73-1.93)e 1.44 (1.36-1.52)e 1.27 (1.21-1.33)e .002e 0.98 (0.96-0.99)e
Poverty
No 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 0.96 (0.95-0.96)e
Yes 1.81 (1.74-1.88)e 1.89 (1.81-1.97)e 0.96 (0.92-1.00) <.001e 0.98 (0.97-0.99)e
Low education
No 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 0.96 (0.95-0.96)e
Yes 1.69 (1.63-1.76)e 1.60 (1.50-1.64)e 1.08 (1.04-1.12)e <.001e 0.99 (0.98-1.00)
Disability/limitation
No 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 0.95 (0.95-0.96)e
Yes 1.42 (1.37-1.47)e 1.13 (1.08-1.18)e 1.26 (1.22-1.30)e <.001e 0.98 (0.97-0.99)e
Serious psychological distress
No 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 0.96 (0.95-0.96)e
Yes 2.25 (2.12-2.38)e 1.83 (1.71-1.95)e 1.23 (1.15-1.32)e .02e 0.98 (0.96-1.00)e
Heavy drinking
No 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 0.96 (0.95-0.96)e
Yes 4.83 (4.48-5.21)e 2.47 (2.29-2.66)e 1.96 (1.80-2.13)e .42 0.97 (0.94-0.99)e

Abbreviation: OR, odds ratio.

a

Association between regressor and respective smoking status pairwise contrast in multivariable polytomous regression models that included unemployment, poverty, low education, disability/limitation, serious psychological distress, and heavy drinking as simultaneous regressors adjusted for sex, race/ethnicity, age, survey year, and region weighted to the US population. The Methods section gives the operational definition of each form of disadvantage. The eMethods in the Supplement describes disability/limitation.

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

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