Table 4.
Demographic and health/health behaviors characteristics stratified by smoking status (M±SD, %)
| Smoking status* | p-values* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never (n=732) |
Current (n=88) |
Experimental (n=556) |
Former (n=336) |
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| Demographic variables | |||||
| Age (years) | 39.4±9.4b | 39.1±9.0 | 40.7±8.9a | 42.3±8.5 | <0.0001 |
| Race (% White, non-Hispanic) | 78.8ab | 70.1a | 81.2ab | 84.3b | 0.016 |
| Marital status (% married or living with a partner) | 55.8 | 43.0 | 54.9 | 56.9 | 0.157 |
| Education (% some college or higher) | 97.0a | 84.6 | 97.5a | 95.5a | <0.0001 |
| Income (% >$75,000) | 65.2a | 48.9 | 66.7a | 65.8a | 0.012 |
| Years in the fire service (years) | 13.4±8.0 | 13.1±8.2 | 13.8±7.9 | 14.3±7.8 | 0.326 |
| Rank (% firefighter) | 72.1b | 77.5ab | 68.2ab | 62.5a | 0.014 |
| Health/health behaviors | |||||
| Weight (kg) | 159.6±27.1 | 165.3±27.0 | 160.3±28.3 | 162.5±27.0 | 0.137 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.7±4.2a | 27.2±5.4 | 25.7±4.3a | 25.9±3.7a | 0.017 |
| Obesity prevalence (%) | 13.3 | 19.3 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 0.411 |
| Engaged in vigorous physical activity (%) | 63.2 | 51.9 | 64.7 | 59.7 | 0.101 |
| Self-rated health (range 1–5) | 3.3±1.1ab | 3.2±1.2ab | 3.2±1.1a | 3.4±1.2b | 0.050 |
| Number of poor physical health days (range 0–30) | 3.1±6.6 | 3.0±6.7 | 3.5±7.2 | 3.7±7.7 | 0.552 |
| TSQ trauma (% Potential PTSD) | 9.8 | 11.3 | 8.6 | 11.1 | 0.637 |
| CESD depression (% Potential depression) | 25.2 | 33.8 | 27.7 | 31.6 | 0.120 |
| MHI anxiety scores (range 9–54) | 18.0±7.0 | 20.4±9.9 | 18.1±6.0 | 19.2±7.7 | 0.057 |
| Firefighter coping self-efficacy scores (range 20–140) | 116.3±13.2 | 111.4±21. 5 | 116.2±13.5 | 115.7±12.9 | 0.547 |
| Binge drinking (%) | 37.6 | 64.9a | 49.0a | 56.4a | <0.0001 |
| Potential problem drinking (%) | 10.0 | 28.6a | 19.1a | 20.7a | <0.0001 |
Note:
*
Different subscript letter denotes differences among cigarette use categories at p < .05. P-values indicate the differences among smoking status in the overall ANOVA model.