Table 3.

Multinomial logistic regression for the association of food insecurity (FI) transition with smoking more or fewer cigarettes^a, HRS^b 2012-2014^c

	Change in Number of Cigarettes Smoked Per Day
	More	Fewer
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	P
FI Transition			0.65
Not FI	Ref.	Ref.
Initially FI in 2012	0.8 (0.4, 1.5)	1.0 (0.6, 1.5)
Became FI in 2014	1.4 (0.7, 2.8)	1.6 (0.9, 2.9)
Remained FI in 2014	1.5 (0.8, 2.8)	1.2 (0.7, 2.0)
Age, mean (95% CI)	1.0 (1.0, 1.0)	1.0 (1.0, 1.0)	0.48
Gender	1.0 (1.0, 1.0)	1.0 (1.0, 1.0)	0.67
Male	Ref.	Ref.
Female	1.0 (0.8, 1.3)	1.1 (0.9, 1.5)
Race/ethnicity			0.023
Non-Hispanic White	Ref.	Ref.
Non-Hispanic Black	1.4 (1.0, 2.0)	1.3 (0.9, 1.9)
Other	2.1 (1.3, 3.5)	1.5 (1.0, 2.3)
Marital status			0.39
Married	Ref.	Ref.
Separated or divorced	0.8 (0.6, 1.1)	1.0 (0.7, 1.4)
Widowed	0.8 (0.5, 1.4)	0.7 (0.5, 1.1)
Single or never married	0.9 (0.6, 1.4)	1.1 (0.7, 1.6)
Educational attainmentd			0.39
< High school	Ref.	Ref.
High school degree or above	1.1 (0.8, 1.5)	1.3 (0.9, 1.8)
Income-to-poverty ratio (IPR)	1.0 (1.0, 1.0)	1.0 (1.0, 1.0)	0.96
Work status			0.24
Do not work for income	Ref.	Ref.
Work for income	0.9 (0.5, 1.4)	0.7 (0.5, 1.1)
Retirement status			0.76
Not retired	Ref.	Ref.
Partially or fully retired	1.2 (0.7, 1.8)	1.1 (0.8, 1.5)
Divorced or widowed in 2014			0.39
No	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	1.4 (0.6, 2.9)	1.4 (0.8, 2.3)
IPR change in 2014	1.0 (1.0, 1.1)	1.1 (1.0, 1.1)	0.11
Employment transition in 2014			0.21
No	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	0.9 (0.6, 1.4)	1.3 (0.9, 1.9)
New health diagnosis in 2014			0.015
No	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	1.0 (0.7, 1.4)	1.5 (1.1, 2.0)

^aNumber of cigarettes per day in 2014 vs. 2012; reference=same number/no change

^bU.S. Health and Retirement Study

^cn=2,197

^dAssessed during HRS enrollment wave