Table 2.
Demographic and health/health behaviors characteristics stratified by tobacco use status (M±SD, %)
| Tobacco use status | p-values | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-tobacco user (n=1603) |
Tobacco user (n=109) |
||
| Demographic variables | |||
| Age (years) | 40.5±9.1 | 38.5±9.1 | 0.035 |
| Race (% White, non-Hispanic) | 80.7 | 74.1 | 0.097 |
| Marital status (% married or living with a partner) | 55.8 | 44.4 | 0.028 |
| Education (% some college or higher) | 96.9 | 86.7 | <0.0001 |
| Income (% >$75,000) | 66.0 | 49.5 | <0.001 |
| Years in the fire service (years) | 13.8±7.9 | 12.7±8.1 | 0.224 |
| Rank (% firefighter) | 68.8 | 76.4 | 0.130 |
| Health/health behaviors | |||
| Weight (kg) | 160.3±27.3 | 165.7±30.4 | 0.049 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.7±4.1 | 27.1±5.4 | 0.013 |
| Obesity prevalence (%) | 13.2 | 18.4 | 0.131 |
| Engaged in vigorous physical activity (%) | 62.8 | 56.9 | 0.231 |
| Self-rated health (range 1–5) | 3.3±1.2 | 3.3±1.2 | 0.774 |
| Number of poor physical health days (range 0–30) | 3.3±7.0 | 3.2±7.0 | 0.877 |
| TSQ trauma (% potential PTSD) | 9.6 | 12.1 | 0.412 |
| CESD depression (% potential depression) | 27.3 | 33.3 | 0.208 |
| MHI anxiety scores (range 9–54) | 18.3±6.8 | 20.0±9.6 | 0.380 |
| Firefighter coping self-efficacy (range 20–140) | 116.1±13.3 | 113.0±20.2 | 0.696 |
| Binge drinking (%) | 45.5 | 63.8 | <0.001 |
| Potential problem drinking (%) | 15.3 | 29.8 | <0.001 |